The Correct Way to Say "2010"

Are you wondering how to say "2010"?

Since I've declared myself an authority on everything related to 2010 and the new decade, I feel that it's important to clear this thing up once and for all.

The correct way is to say "Twenty Ten". The incorrect way is "Two-thousand Ten" or anything else.

The "Two-thousand" format was only useful for the years 2000-2009 when the socially standardized "Twenty" format was awkward within the constraints of our language. To refer to 2010 as "Two-thousand Ten" is the equivalent of pronouncing "1918" as "One-thousand Nine-hundred Eighteen" rather than "Nineteen Eighteen". No one does that. Don't be that guy.

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