New Posts For Thread: 2019: Is this the last year of 'Two Thousand And...'https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31476841/2019-is-this-the-last-year-of-two-thousand-anddoes my head inIt is twenty nineteen ffsBBC announcers seem still under orders to give the 'two thousand and....' . Strangely, with their programmes commemorating the end of WWI, they never said it ended in 'Nineteen Hundred And Eighteen', it was jusLa Decimashttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31476841/2019-is-this-the-last-year-of-two-thousand-and?post_id=556294129#556294129La DecimasWed, 02 Jan 2019 10:27:54 -0600The big one is why we never came up with a satisfying name for the decade we have now. Noughties, blank, 20s,30s,40s,50s,60s etc.. 70s, 80s roll off the tongue. What is this decade? It needs a good name.I'm going to call it Decadey McDecadeFace.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31476841/2019-is-this-the-last-year-of-two-thousand-and?post_id=556294079#556294079The big one is why we never came up with a satisfying name for the decade we have now. Noughties, blank, 20s,30s,40s,50s,60s etc.. 70s, 80s roll off the tongue. What is this decade? It needs a good name.I'm going to call it Decadey McDecadeFace.Wed, 02 Jan 2019 10:18:49 -0600Yup, 20 10 from then on, for me.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31476841/2019-is-this-the-last-year-of-two-thousand-and?post_id=556293641#556293641Yup, 20 10 from then on, for me.Wed, 02 Jan 2019 09:19:53 -0600Must admit I only started saying "twenty" from 2018. It is easier, but takes a bit of getting used to after saying "two thousand and..." for the first decade.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31476841/2019-is-this-the-last-year-of-two-thousand-and?post_id=556293513#556293513Must admit I only started saying "twenty" from 2018. It is easier, but takes a bit of getting used to after saying "two thousand and..." for the first decade.Wed, 02 Jan 2019 09:02:25 -0600Never given it any thought but on reflection I always say 19 60, 20 18 and etc.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31476841/2019-is-this-the-last-year-of-two-thousand-and?post_id=556293059#556293059Never given it any thought but on reflection I always say 19 60, 20 18 and etc.Wed, 02 Jan 2019 07:51:31 -0600Everybody knows that the Battle of Hastings was in ten sixty six and not one thousand and sixty six, surely?!?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31476841/2019-is-this-the-last-year-of-two-thousand-and?post_id=556293039#556293039Everybody knows that the Battle of Hastings was in ten sixty six and not one thousand and sixty six, surely?!?Wed, 02 Jan 2019 07:48:11 -0600big year for crickets, next yearhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31476841/2019-is-this-the-last-year-of-two-thousand-and?post_id=556292353#556292353big year for crickets, next yearWed, 02 Jan 2019 05:39:34 -0600Next year I'll have 2020 visionhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31476841/2019-is-this-the-last-year-of-two-thousand-and?post_id=556292175#556292175Next year I'll have 2020 visionWed, 02 Jan 2019 05:06:54 -0600does it really matter though, nobody makes a consious decision either way, comes out the way it comes out.who knows what people said 1000 years ago, 10 19 or one thousand and 19.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31476841/2019-is-this-the-last-year-of-two-thousand-and?post_id=556292077#556292077does it really matter though, nobody makes a consious decision either way, comes out the way it comes out.who knows what people said 1000 years ago, 10 19 or one thousand and 19.Wed, 02 Jan 2019 04:51:19 -0600There is a common sense way to say years and prices, so it is not just saying the number.Two thousand and nineteen pounds is OK. But would you say you bought a bag of chips for 'one point eight five pounds', or give your birth year as 'nineteen hundrhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31476841/2019-is-this-the-last-year-of-two-thousand-and?post_id=556291687#556291687There is a common sense way to say years and prices, so it is not just saying the number.Two thousand and nineteen pounds is OK. But would you say you bought a bag of chips for 'one point eight five pounds', or give your birth year as 'nineteen hundrWed, 02 Jan 2019 03:47:11 -0600