2010

We have entered 2010 and we still call it two thousand and ten.  How did this happen?  Did we call 1999 one thousand nine hundred and ninety nine?  No!  Once the year 2000 hit we all got used to saying two thousand and one, two thousand and two, etc...  For me, this was a major shift, and during 1999 I quietly wondered how it would work leading up to the year 2000.  Having some of my most formative childhood years in the 1990's (years 4-13) I was used to saying nineteen ninety-six, nineteen ninety-seven, etc... It was over ten years ago, but the question has finally come back.  Do we say two thousand and ten just like we said two thousand and nine, or do we switch back to the much more comfortable twenty ten?  We couldn't say twenty zero-nine but that year is over now.  Say hello to twenty ten!