Ok, for this one, I'd say it as "two thousand ten." I've never said any of the two thousands as "twenty nine," or twenty eight" or whatever. The 1900's are another issue, 1985 is definitely easier to pronounce as "nineteen eighty-five" rather than "one thousand, nine hundred and eighty-five". I mean holy cow, that's long. But "two thousand ten" is perfect, to me. "twenty ten" doesn't quite sound right...

Why isn't there an option for "Two hundred one-ty?"

But then there's the consideration of how many characters my argument is and when addressing such an issue

That should be enough.

I think two-thousand AND ten because it just makes sense when you say it out loud.

In American English, we use whatever is easiest, because it is a lazy language. Unless we are trying to sound better than someone else.

So we default to whatever is easiest to say.

Ie. "y'all", "ain't", and "two thousand ten."

Knowing me, I'll probably pronounce it both ways...depending on the sentence I'm using. Besides, two thousand ten seems more accurate, no?

twenty-ten sounds nerdy. plus we are used to saying "two thousand and -" for ten years already.

I think we should pronounce it this way because it sounds more futuristic. :)

Also, I base this off of how we talk about the 11th century. Typically, when William the Conquerer is being discussed in class, a student or teacher will say "The Battle of Hastings occurred in 'ten sixty-six'...." Right?

Isn't this just assumed? Like 1990 is pronounced "nineteen ninety," not "one thousand nine hundred ninety."

I graduate in 2010, and I intend to declare myself part of the class of twenty ten!

I was born in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety.

Right? Wrong.

I was born in the year nineteen ninety.

It caught on because nine years ago people didn't think to say "twenty zero".

I don't blame them, it doesn't really roll off the tung.

I may have to break a habit, but I will be saying it correctly.

Twenty ten just flows so nicely, you know? It's like French. The French language flows so perfectly, with such nice liaisons and such. Twenty ten just flows perfectly, two thousand ten is choppy and cut up and sounds horrible

I'll probably say twenty ten or 2K ten but not two thousand ten. That's way too long ;)