It's so cute how you english speaking fellas have all these short ways of saying numbers. In Russian it would always be "Two Thousand Ten". Personally, I think

It's so cute how you english speaking fellas have all these short ways of saying numbers. In Russian it would always be "Two Thousand Ten". Personally, I think that since the question is at least raised, it's not all that clear with the answer, no matter who wins the vote. I also think that one shouldn't refer to the way year 1806 or any of the past years are pronounced. To me anything 20xx sounds weird when pronounced with "twenty", probably because the word just does not fit in this shorthand model. And I think a lot of people feel this way.