I'm going to start saying Twenty Oh Three instead of Two Thousand Three

[Triumph]

It's more "futuristic" to say Twenty Oh Three. No one in Star Trek says Two Thousand Three Hundred and Thirty Four. And no one ever said "Nineteen hundred ninety three", so it's more inline with what we're used to saying anyway.

 

[pulse8]

That's fantastic!

 

[SSP]

Radical!

 

[tigerbait]

super

 

[TheShiz]

splendid!

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: SSP
Radical!

Stop saying that!

 

[XZeroII]

I'm thinking of calling it 2*10^3+3. It sounds much smarter.

 

[kmac1914]

meh.

 

[Zim Hosein]

 

[Corn]

It's more "futuristic" to say Twenty Oh Three. No one in Star Trek says Two Thousand Three Hundred and Thirty Four. And no one ever said "Nineteen hundred ninety three", so it's more inline with what we're used to saying anyway.

Wearing tinfoil jumpsuits is also more futuristic.

 

[Migroo]

Actually the correct English is:

Two Thousand and Three.

All you Americans are forgetting the 'and'!

 

[illusion88]

Originally posted by: Corn

It's more "futuristic" to say Twenty Oh Three. No one in Star Trek says Two Thousand Three Hundred and Thirty Four. And no one ever said "Nineteen hundred ninety three", so it's more inline with what we're used to saying anyway.

Wearing tinfoil jumpsuits is also more futuristic.

im down with that

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: Migroo
Actually the correct English is:

Two Thousand and Three.

All you Americans are forgetting the 'and'!

But nobody ever said "Nineteen Hundred and Ninety Four! I'm just trying to be consistent.

 

[XZeroII]

Originally posted by: Migroo
Actually the correct English is:

Two Thousand and Three.

All you Americans are forgetting the 'and'!

Actually, it's Two Thousand Three. The 'and' only comes into play when dealing with a fraction or decimal. Like Two Thousand Fourteen and Five Sixteenths.

 

[bigredguy]

Originally posted by: Migroo
Actually the correct English is:

Two Thousand and Three.

All you Americans are forgetting the 'and'!

Actually saying 'and' in a number sequence designates a decimal. Two Thousand and Three = 2000.3

 

[Kyteland]

Originally posted by: Migroo
Actually the correct English is:

Two Thousand and Three.

All you Americans are forgetting the 'and'!

No, Two Thousand Three is proper. the use of an 'and' signifies a fraction. If you write a check (or is ir cheque for you?) you do not put an 'and' between any of the actual numbers. You put it between the dollars and the cents.

EDIT: Sigh. Too slow again.

 

[Insane3D]

Originally posted by: XZeroII

Originally posted by: Migroo
Actually the correct English is:

Two Thousand and Three.

All you Americans are forgetting the 'and'!

Actually, it's Two Thousand Three. The 'and' only comes into play when dealing with a fraction or decimal. Like Two Thousand Fourteen and Five Sixteenths.

Yep.

For instance..

107 = One Hundred Seven not One Hundred and Seven.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Yeay .... yeay ... yeay .....

 

[LeeTJ]

Originally posted by: Triumph
It's more "futuristic" to say Twenty Oh Three. No one in Star Trek says Two Thousand Three Hundred and Thirty Four. And no one ever said "Nineteen hundred ninety three", so it's more inline with what we're used to saying anyway.

actually, some did say nineteen hundred . . . , what they didn't say and more appropriate for your example is they never said year one thousand nine hundred . . .

 

[ohtwell]

You could always include the use of "stardate"!

Today is Stardate 021703.


: ) Amanda

 

[CraigRT]

fantabulous!

 

[squirrel dog]

Will you be wearing your aluminum foil hat with propeller?

 

[Dacalo]

revolutionary!

 

[SSP]

Originally posted by: mpitts

Originally posted by: SSP
Radical!

Stop saying that!

Never!!

 

[m2kewl]

Originally posted by: Yield
fantabulous!

LOL