2006-10-09 02:23:55 · 17 answers · asked by menevergreen 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Because One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety Nine is as much a pain in the butt to say as Twenty Double 0.
2006-10-09 02:26:46 · answer #1 · answered by James 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nineteen Ninety Nine
2016-11-08 08:39:18 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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why 1999 year is nineteen ninety nine, but 2000 year is two thousand?
2015-08-18 10:11:37 · answer #3 · answered by Stevena 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nineteen ninety nine is actually short for Nineteen hundred and ninety nine. So the next number following 1,999 is 2,000 (Two Thousand) A century is 100 years. The twentieth Century ended(the 1900's)and we are now living in the 21st Century (2,000's) 1 ad - 100 ad = first century 10l ad - 200 ad = 2nd century. etc etc etc.
2016-03-18 12:53:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you say 1999 as "nineteen hundred and ninety-nine", you are saying there are 19 sets of one-hundred year periods, plus 99 years more. Alternatively, you can say "one thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine" and still be techinically correct.
To say "twenty hundred" for 2000 would be nonsensical
2006-10-09 03:34:46 · answer #5 · answered by ca_christopher1965 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you talking about the pronounciation of the year or the spelling of each? 1999 is One thousand ninehundred and ninetynine. when referring to the year it's just nineteen ninety nine because is faster and easier to pronounce.
2006-10-09 02:28:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
cuz after 1999 comes 2000
Example:
11 1
1999
+ 1
______
2000
2006-10-09 02:31:42 · answer #7 · answered by shanshan142002 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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In the early 1900's they actually said nineteen hundred and four or whatever year. Then it was easier to say nineteen fifty five. It will catch on in the 21st century too. We just have to stay strong. Times will change. Keep fighting the good fight!
2016-04-01 01:35:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because nineteen ninety nine is easier to say than one thouand nine hundred and ninety nine
2006-10-09 02:56:25 · answer #9 · answered by ~*The Show Must Go On*~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's easier to say than one thousand nine hundred ninety nine or twenty zero, zero.
2006-10-09 02:29:30 · answer #10 · answered by notaxpert 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋