I was taught in the '80s that you shouldn't use 'and' in a number that isn't followed by a decimal portion (e.g. 23 and 4 hundredths). I've seen various back-and-forth on that topic over the years.
Boozilla@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I went to public school in the 80s and every classroom had a very large analog clock on the wall. Even back then, it mildly annoyed me when teachers and other adults would say “half past” so on. It always sounded archaic to my ears, even 40+ years ago.
I also get annoyed when people say “two thousand and twenty-four” for the year. Just say “twenty twenty-four”. We didn’t say “one thousand nine-hundred and eighty-four” back in the day, we said “nineteen eight-four”.
tiredofsametab@kbin.run 3 months ago
Boozilla@lemmy.world 3 months ago
That sounds familiar. Applies to check writing, for those who still do that.
gregorum@lemm.ee 3 months ago
This is literally the first time I’ve ever heard the term “analog clock”
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 3 months ago
one thousand nine hundred and eighty-four
southernbrewer@lemmy.world 3 months ago
What else would you call an analog clock?
gregorum@lemm.ee 3 months ago
A clock
criitz@reddthat.com 3 months ago
It goes
- nineteen ninety-eight
- nineteen ninety-nine
- two thousand
- two thousand one
- two thousand two
- …
- two thousand nine
- twenty ten
- twenty eleven
- etc
WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world 3 months ago
And stay offa mah lawn!
thistledown@rblind.com 3 months ago
Can you really say “1984” with confidence either way given Big Brother?
ricecake@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
There was a solid decade where the pattern broke, and so e people didn’t get back into it.
Two thousand, two thousand one etc don’t really work as “twenty oh-one”, etc.
KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 3 months ago
BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Calling them “the aughts” is also the best way I’ve found to refer to that decade