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How to read the year date

0 I understand 1999 is read 'nineteen ninety nine'. 02br
00How do you read 2005? 02br
001. twenty oh five 02br
002. two oh (zero) oh (zero) five 02br
003. two thousand five 02br
004. two thousand and five 02br
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0 How do you read 2005? 02br 001. twenty oh five 02br 02br 00I suppose this will come to be the most common way to say it as we move farther into the 21st century.

— Ranchhand

  • 0 How do you read 2005?
  • 02br 001.
  • twenty oh five 02br 02br 00I suppose this will come to be the most common way to say it as we move farther into the 21st century.
  • But I don't believe it's used much yet, though I could be wrong.
  • 02br 02br 002.
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0 How do you read 2005? 02br
001. twenty oh five 02br
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00I suppose this will come to be the most common way to say it as we move farther into the 21st century. But I don't believe it's used much yet, though I could be wrong. 02br
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002. two oh (zero) oh (zero) five 02br
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00I'd say never. 02br
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0 How do you read 1003? 02br
00One thousand and three. or 02br
00Ten oh three. 0-
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0 Dear Latin 02br
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00I read 1003 as «one thousand and three» 02br
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00Kind regards 02br
00Goldmund 0-
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0 I agree with Goldmund but let me also suggest that the words collocated with the year influence how we say it. 02br
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00If we use, "In the year", I'd say we often {sometimes??} use, 02br
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00In the year ten oh three; in the year fourteen forty three; in seventeen seventy six; in ten sixty six 02br
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00In the sixties hit by
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0 Dear Ranchhand 02br
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00Thank you for your words of agreement. 02br
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00The poem you have included in your message is most interesting. 02br
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00I look forward to reading more of your messages. 02br
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00Kind regards, 02br
00Goldmund 0-
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