2006-09-04 07:39:06 · 15 answers · asked by markdowney2 1 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
dont get ya
2006-09-04 07:41:44 · answer #1 · answered by My Name Is lady Marmalade 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It should be 'two thousand six'. People just say it wrong. Like when you say a hundred and one.
Or if you prefer, and in math terms means add or plus, so two thousand and six would equal two thousand six.
we know what they mean anyway, so it doesn't really matter.
2006-09-04 08:58:01 · answer #2 · answered by icetender 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's because of how we say it, It shouldn't be said 1999, we should say the year One thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine, then it wouldn't sound funny when we say 2006, because after one thousand nine hundred and ninety nine comes thousand and so on .
2006-09-04 09:02:30 · answer #3 · answered by Destiny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because 'twenty-oh-six' just doesn't roll off the tongue quite as nicely. Wait until 'twenty-ten' rolls around and see what happens... LOL
2006-09-04 08:14:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its the glamour surrounding the beginnning of this millennium.. but i already hear people saying future years e.g. 2016 as "two-oh-one-six" rather than "two thousand and sixteen"....
2006-09-04 10:29:19 · answer #5 · answered by Drakkar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How to say the the year used to be one of those big, heavy life-decisions that each person had to wrestle with for him or herself. I'm so relieved that you've told us the right way at last!
2006-09-04 07:50:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the year twenty 0 zero would hae sounded really odd, and people like continuity
2006-09-04 07:43:31 · answer #7 · answered by bigbowlofsalad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it is two thousand and six , maybe !
2006-09-06 02:05:59 · answer #8 · answered by kirstapper 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it was two thousand and six years ago when the world evolved , didnt they teach you anything at school ?????
2006-09-04 10:14:26 · answer #9 · answered by charlotterobo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it should actually be worded zero six or 06
2006-09-04 07:45:38 · answer #10 · answered by Spook 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why do we say 1999 when it should be one thousand nine hundred and ninety nine?
2006-09-04 07:42:34 · answer #11 · answered by DAVID H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋