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Kekel Posted 19 years ago
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pronouncing dates

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01b001900 02b00=> nineteen hundreds02br
01b001908 02b00=> nineteen O eight02br
01b001955 02b00=> nineteen fifty-five02br
01b00200002b00 => two thousand02br
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1b 001900 02b 00=> nineteen hundred00s00 01font 00nineteen hundred The year itself is singular (no 01i 00s02i 00). But if you are talking about the CENTURY (the years between 1900 and 1999), 02font 01font 00then you say 01i 00nineteen hundreds 02i 00and use the 01i 00s02i 00 on the end. ) But I've heard 01i 00nineteen zero eight02i 00 a few times, also.

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  • 1b 001900 02b 00=> nineteen hundred00s00 01font 00nineteen hundred The year itself is singular (no 01i 00s02i 00).
  • But if you are talking about the CENTURY (the years between 1900 and 1999), 02font 01font 00then you say 01i 00nineteen hundreds 02i 00and use the 01i 00s02i 00 on the end.
  • ) But I've heard 01i 00nineteen zero eight02i 00 a few times, also.
  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00(I'm in the US, and I think there may be other ways of referring to the 01i 00002i 00.
  • )02font 02br 02br 01b 001955 02b 00=> nineteen fifty-five 01font 00yes, as far as I know02font 02br 02br 01b 00200002b 00 => two thousand 01font 00yes, as far as I know02font 0-
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1b001900 02b00=> nineteen hundred00s00 01font00nineteen hundred The year itself is singular (no 01i00s02i00). But if you are talking about the CENTURY (the years between 1900 and 1999), 02font01font00then you say 01i00nineteen hundreds 02i00and
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00Nineteen, fifteen, eighteen, etc. (19, 15, 18, etc.) - I know the stress is on "teen", nineTEEN, fifTEEN, eighTEEN, etc.02br
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001998 - Nineteen ninety-eight02br
001960 - Nineteen sixty02br
001990 - Nineteen ninety02br
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0>> I know the stress is on "teen", nineTEEN, fifTEEN, eighTEEN, etc. <<02br
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00Really? I stress the first syllable. All Germanic words in English stress the first syllable except prefixes such as be-.0-
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0 I'd say that we put the stress on teen only when the numbers (13, 14, 15, etc.) are spoken alone. When they are part of a larger number, the stress normally falls on the first syllable. 0-
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01cite10Marvin A.12cite10>> I know the stress is on "teen", nineTEEN, fifTEEN, eighTEEN, etc. <<12br
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10Ooops, I see Merriam-Webster
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Yes, most people say "two-thousand-[whatever]", but it is not logical. Following the model,
1900 should be "nineteen-hundred" (or "nineteen-O-O"?) and 1901 should be "nineteen-O-one". Like you write, it is A model -- one model. Why should there be a special rule when the first digit is 2?

People just continued pronouncing the years after 2000 as "two-thousand-[whatever]", cause they
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