The shortest way to pronounce "21st century"

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It sounds not like "twenty first century," because "first" there seems to be read in some shorter way.
Would you like to explain this?

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I'm Jason Subler. Senior consultant for China Daily and 21st Century.

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[+4] - engineer - 05/15/2013It's pronounced "twenty first century." There is no shorter way to say it although there is a shorthand way to write it.

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@oristarA,

It's pronounced "twenty first century." There is no shorter way to say it although there is a shorthand way to write it.

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Just like this, only say 21st rather than 20th.

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Thank you both.

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@oristarA,

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In fast speech, Ori, it is 21first centry.

That'd be the shortest way.

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