How are you pronouncing "2011"?

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Originally Posted by AnUnidentifiedMale

I think the switch-over has begun. Last year, I believe most people were pronouncing 2010 as "two thousand ten", but as this year begins, my sense is that most people are pronouncing 2011 as "twenty eleven" rather than "two thousand eleven".

Strictly speaking, if someone is saying "two thousand and eleven" that number would be written as 2000.11 because the 'and' signifies a decimal point. So it should be "two thousand eleven" or "twenty eleven".