Foot Fetish Forum: How Do You Pronounce 2012?

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Posted by National (Member # 8568) on :

Just out of curiosity, how do you pronounce the year 2012? Some would say two thousand twelve, while others say twenty-twelve. Some of the other might go as far as to say two-thousand and twelve.

Here's an article from the Boston Globe on the issue --
http://articles.boston.com/2012-01-01/ideas/30575779_1_broadcasters-21st-century-candy-crowley

Nine times out of ten, I pronounce it as twenty-twelve. The only times where I pronounce it as two thousand twelve or two thousand and twelve is when I think about or talk about the 2012 NFL Draft, the 2012 World Series, the 2012 NBA Finals and the 2012 NHL Stanley Cup Finals. Anything else related to sports, I refer to it as the twenty-twelve season.

The past couple of years were pronounced as twenty-ten and twenty-eleven.

What about you guys?

-- National

Posted by Panic (Member # 21074) on :

two thousand twleve

Posted by aka.footjoyboy (Member # 32751) on :

I think for the years 2000 - 2009 you pretty much had to pronounce the 'thousand' unless you wanted to say 'twenty - 0-9'... and no one did that.
Now that the calendar has turned to the 10's it's much easier to say 'twenty ten' or 'twenty eleven'.

So I find myself using the latter more and more.

Posted by FootLongSub Zero (Member # 19380) on :

2010 = Two thousand ten
2011 = Two thousand eleven

2012 = Twenty Twelve
Just realised my pronounciation jumped from two-thousand to twenty.... [Eek!]

Hmmmmm.... wonder how prince's song 1999 would've sounded.... "So tonight I'm gonna party like it's nineteen thousand and ninety nine" [Nut Kick]

Grrrrr the extra 3 syllables doesn't roll off the tounge as well does it [Big Grin]

...lol

Posted by sofatater (Member # 4209) on :

"This year" [Big Grin]