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When referring to the year 2007, is it alright to say twenty o seven? Shouldn't it be said as two thousand and seven?

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Take a tip from numerology - add the digits and just say '9'. Anyone who doesn't get it should be ignored.

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rogue5602 wrote:

When referring to the year 2007, is it alright to say twenty o seven? Shouldn't it be said as two thousand and seven?

They are both accepted.

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A third common and acceptable variation is to omit the "and".

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Captain Irrelevant wrote:

Take a tip from numerology - add the digits and just say '9'. Anyone who doesn't get it should be ignored.

I wanted to ignore this, but I just couldn't. Great username, by the way.

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A few years ago, you mostly heard the "two thousand" variant. Now, it
seems, the "twenty-oh" variant is getting more popular. I believe the
latter will win out.

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George wrote:

A few years ago, you mostly heard the "two thousand" variant. Now, it
seems, the "twenty-oh" variant is getting more popular. I believe the
latter will win out.

I actually like the way some people say it here......

Noughty seven!

You're right though, 1907 is always (here, anyway) Nineteen oh seven, so logic would have it that it will end up as twenty oh seven, I think.

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Noughty-seven? Love it. I've heard aught-seven, but it was said tongue-in-cheek.

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As far as I can tell the general concensus is to say:

"two thousand and..." for 2000-2011

and

"twenty..." for 2012 onwards

I heard people mention it should be called the noughties but it will never catch on.

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