helene_t Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 I managed to avoid the intense debate about whether the previous millennium ended on December 31 of 1999 or 2000. I suppose the first milenum began 1st of january 0001 in historical time and 1st of january 0000 in astronomical time, so if a milenium always lasts 1000 years, it ended in 1999 for astronomers and in 2000 for historians. Somewhat paradoxically, most historians would probably vote for 1999 and most astronomers for 2000. Just my guess. I wonder if historians have adopted astronomical time by year 3000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 I had heard that the Bush(league) administration had decided to turn back time (to get more oil). ;) (Or was that daylight savings?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skjaeran Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 Personally I prefer twenty-ten, in Norway we officially say totusenogti (twothousandandten) whereas in Sweden it's officially tjue-ti (twenty-ten). There are official ways of saying the year? Made official by whom? I guess Norsk Språkråd (Norwegian Language Council) decided this some years ago. Which does make it official. I'm not sure who decides in Sweden, but I think they've got something similar. It's a fact though that all Norwegians use one form and all Swedes the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 Personally I prefer twenty-ten, in Norway we officially say totusenogti (twothousandandten) whereas in Sweden it's officially tjue-ti (twenty-ten). There are official ways of saying the year? Made official by whom? I guess Norsk Språkråd (Norwegian Language Council) decided this some years ago. Which does make it official. Is that a government agency? Or, something along the lines of Fowler or Strunk & White for English language? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skjaeran Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 Personally I prefer twenty-ten, in Norway we officially say totusenogti (twothousandandten) whereas in Sweden it's officially tjue-ti (twenty-ten). There are official ways of saying the year? Made official by whom? I guess Norsk Språkråd (Norwegian Language Council) decided this some years ago. Which does make it official. Is that a government agency? Or, something along the lines of Fowler or Strunk & White for English language? Yes, it's a government agency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 Surely years starting at 2020 will be referred to as "twenty twenty ...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 Undoubtedly, if you express them syllablically, the one that takes the least amount of vocal effort will likely be favored by the majority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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