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Penelope65 Posted 16 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Pronunciation of year2100 and following

Hi,
I was wondering how years will be pronounced after year 2099 (twothousand ninety nine).
Will it be twenty-one hundred or two thousand one hundred?
I think that the pronouciation changed in year 1100 as well, from year onethousand ninety nine to eleven-hundred.
I'm just curious..cause I don't think I'll be around anymore at that time.

bye and cheers

Penelope65
  

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The problem is this: you can come up with various probable pronunciatoins. The frequency of use influences the pronunciation; since we are not in that century yet, we can't say decisively. Short phrases are easier to pronounce than longer ones; assimilated ones are easier to pronounce than queen's pronunciation.

— Raindoctor

  • The problem is this: you can come up with various probable pronunciatoins.
  • The frequency of use influences the pronunciation; since we are not in that century yet, we can't say decisively.
  • Short phrases are easier to pronounce than longer ones; assimilated ones are easier to pronounce than queen's pronunciation.
  • 1999 is pronounced as Ninteen ninety nine, compared to ninteen hundred ninety nine.
  • "ninteen ninety nine" contains 2 syllables less than "ninteen hundred ninty nine".
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The problem is this: you can come up with various probable pronunciatoins. The frequency of use influences the pronunciation; since we are not in that century yet, we can't say decisively.

Short phrases are easier to pronounce than longer ones; assimilated ones are easier to pronounce than queen's pronunciation.

1999 is pronounced as Ninteen ninety nine, compared to ninteen hu
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Exactly...the shorter it is the better.
I think that eventually it will be pronunced "twenty-one-01, 02,03 etc.."
Pity we won't be there to check it!
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