How do you say year 2003?

Information: In colloquial language, it is common to pronounce the years in groups of two:
  1. 2003 → 'twenty oh three'
  2. 2012 → 'twenty twelve'
  3. 2023 → 'twenty twenty-three'
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How do you say year 2004?

2004 is pronounced "two thousand (and) four".
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Is it 2003 or 2000 and 3?

Most people have therefore stuck with two thousand and two (2002), two thousand and three (2003) etc, even though it is perfectly possible to say twenty oh two, twenty oh three (on the same pattern as 1902, which as far as I know is always said nineteen oh two).
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How do you say year 2001 in English?

For the years 2001 to 2010, the most common way of saying the year is two thousand and + number.
  1. 2001 = two thousand and one.
  2. 2005 = two thousand and five.
  3. 2008 = two thousand and eight.
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How do you say 2002?

Therefore, it is incorrect to include the word 'and' when pronouncing a number. . . . The number 2002 is 'two thousand two. ' " (Perhaps those of us who referred to 2001 as "two thousand and one" were the ones who grew up reciting the rhyme, "In fourteen hundred and ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.")
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How to say the years in English: six easy steps



How do you read 2006?

Senior Member. I'd say two thousand and six, both as the year and as a number.
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How do you say 2007?

I would say the number 2007 as "two thousand and seven", but I treat the year differently. The thing is that I wrote it out separately as "and", but in reality such is also pronounced normally pronounced as [n=:] in everyday speech and even in most careful speech is still [1~:n] or [1~:]. I say "two thousand seven".
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How do you pronounce 2009?

Informally, years such as 1939, 1980 and 1999 are usually pronounced as "nineteen thirty-nine", "nineteen-eighty" and "nineteen ninety-nine." From 2000, 2001, 2002 up to 2009, years have been pronounced as "two thousand", "two thousand (and) one", "two thousand two", "two thousand nine." From 2010 on, the ...
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How do you say the year 2100?

Americans (estadunidenses) usually say, "twenty-one hundred", but that is spoken American English only. If you are writing it out for a formal document (legal) use "two thousand one hundred".
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How do you say year 1900?

We would usually say “nineteen-hundred”. The year after, 1901, is pronounced “nineteen-oh-one”. Likewise the year the Great War started would be “nineteen-fourteen”.
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How do you read 2010?

The two main contenders are "twenty-ten" and "two thousand ten." Before the turn of the century, most people pronounced the years by chunking the first two numbers together and the last two numbers together. So we had "nineteen fifty," "nineteen eighty-five," and so on.
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How do you say 1909?

American English: The year nineteen oh nine; British English: The year nineteen hundred and nine; Tips: (We often add 'the year' at the beginning to make it clear that we are naming a year.)
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How do you say 2008 year?

"two thousand and eight" is the usual way.
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How do you read years after 2000?

For years after 2000, use these rules: For the years 2000-2009, use the full number: two thousand, two thousand and one, two thousand and two.
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The correct answers are:
  1. 1900—nineteen hundred.
  2. 1902—nineteen oh two.
  3. 1980—nineteen eighty.
  4. 2001—two thousand and one.
  5. 2010—two thousand and ten/twenty ten.
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How do you spell 2000s?

  1. two thousands.
  2. (decade): two-thousandsies.
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How do you pronounce the year 2005?

How are the years pronounced in English?
  1. 2000 → 'two thousand'
  2. 2005 → 'two thousand and five'
  3. Information: In colloquial language, it is common to pronounce the years in groups of two: 2003 → 'twenty oh three' 2012 → 'twenty twelve' 2023 → 'twenty twenty-three'
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How do you say the year 2010 in English?

"NAGG has decided to step in and decree that (2010) should officially be pronounced 'twenty ten,' and all subsequent years should be pronounced as 'twenty eleven,' 'twenty twelve,' etc.," proclaims the association's news release.
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How do you say year 2101?

Will we say two thousand ten or twenty ten for 2010?. If we say twoo thousand ten, certainly by the year 2101, we won't be able to say "two thousand one hundred and one", we'd have to revert to "twenty one oh one".
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How do you read year?

A: The usual way to refer to years is to pronounce the first two digits together as one number, and the second two together as another number. The year 2020 will be "twenty-twenty," and the year 2115 will be "twenty-one-fifteen." There are other styles you might sometimes hear.
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