Twenty Ten
09-24-2009, 05:26 AM
#14
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Twenty First Century English
Two Thousand
Oh one
Oh two
.
.
.
Oh nine
OH TEN (goddammit!!!)
OH ELEVEN
OH TWELVE
Thirteen
Fourteen...
Remember, the power of English, especially American English is to reduce every thought and concept to the fewest syllables possible. That's why the metric system fails here.
inch vs cent-i-me-ter
mile vs ki-lo-me-ter
Crap, even the US Military reduces that one to "clicks."
As for years, 10, 11, 12 need the "Oh" prefix because they don't have the "teen" suffix.
Twisted English © by Jeff ®
Oh one
Oh two
.
.
.
Oh nine
OH TEN (goddammit!!!)
OH ELEVEN
OH TWELVE
Thirteen
Fourteen...
Remember, the power of English, especially American English is to reduce every thought and concept to the fewest syllables possible. That's why the metric system fails here.
inch vs cent-i-me-ter
mile vs ki-lo-me-ter
Crap, even the US Military reduces that one to "clicks."
As for years, 10, 11, 12 need the "Oh" prefix because they don't have the "teen" suffix.
Twisted English © by Jeff ®
(Prophecies of 2012)
09-24-2009, 07:03 AM
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09-24-2009, 01:16 PM
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09-24-2009, 11:22 PM
#19
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I read most, but not all replies... I'm just gonna throw in my thoughts without agreeing or disagreeing with anyone. The fact remains that there is no right or wrong way, but should simply be easiest way. As stated that we said Nineteen Ninety Nine back then, that's exactly the wrong way to do it, but far easier than many other ways. What we should do now is just say it's 9 and next year is 10. Done deal! 
09-25-2009, 08:56 AM
#20
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For the NON-Premium members here is how I came to owning a twenty ten malibu. (Not being a premium member makes it so you can't see the dungeon threads, where this was all explained).
It's a set of circumstances that still bewilders me.
June 2009 - My mother-in-law moves in with us.
June 2009 - She decides she is no longer able to drive her 2005 Impala with 3000 miles on it. I park it on my side driveway.
July 2009 - Cretants break out my liftgate window on my 2009 Tahoe demo and steal my third row seats only.
July 2009 - My company decides that due to the number of demos wrecked/vandalized that were assigned to sales managers, they will now be charging the full amount of any repairs of demos to the employee driving them.
July 2009 - The estimate on my demo is $3800. I opt out of having a demo and take the offered car allowance increase in pay. I use the 2005 Impala as my daily driver.
9/11/09 - My son is coming home from taking his girlfriend out and decides that the flashing 25 MPH sign on a sharp curve does not pertain to 18 year olds driving in a rain storm. He spins out and blows over a curb and 2 parking blocks, blowing out all four wheels, all four hub bearings, aframes, the engine cradle, rear axle bent, bumper tore up and left running board push through the body pan. Estimate to fix $9300.
9/18/09 - Insurance totals the vehicle.
9/24/09 - My mother-in-law gives my son her Impala and I buy the Malibu.
And that's how I became an ex-HHR owner.
It's a set of circumstances that still bewilders me.
June 2009 - My mother-in-law moves in with us.
June 2009 - She decides she is no longer able to drive her 2005 Impala with 3000 miles on it. I park it on my side driveway.
July 2009 - Cretants break out my liftgate window on my 2009 Tahoe demo and steal my third row seats only.
July 2009 - My company decides that due to the number of demos wrecked/vandalized that were assigned to sales managers, they will now be charging the full amount of any repairs of demos to the employee driving them.
July 2009 - The estimate on my demo is $3800. I opt out of having a demo and take the offered car allowance increase in pay. I use the 2005 Impala as my daily driver.
9/11/09 - My son is coming home from taking his girlfriend out and decides that the flashing 25 MPH sign on a sharp curve does not pertain to 18 year olds driving in a rain storm. He spins out and blows over a curb and 2 parking blocks, blowing out all four wheels, all four hub bearings, aframes, the engine cradle, rear axle bent, bumper tore up and left running board push through the body pan. Estimate to fix $9300.
9/18/09 - Insurance totals the vehicle.
9/24/09 - My mother-in-law gives my son her Impala and I buy the Malibu.
And that's how I became an ex-HHR owner.