What's all this rubbish about dropping the 'and' in the year?

LordSutch

What's all this rubbish about dropping the 'and' in the year :mad:

On this side of the pond its always been the century followed by 'and' ....
so 2014 is either twenty fourteen, or two thousand and fourteen, right.

This 'Americanism' of dropping 'and' is creeping in a little bit too much in Irish & British media circles for my liking, same goes for the s on the end of Maths which is being dropped by some here too :cool: Next thing Irish/British people will be saying Buoy phonetically.

What say you?

Balderdash.

mikeyjames9

what?

shedweller

Vaniller ice cream.

dxhound2005

LordSutch wrote: »

What's all this rubbish about dropping the 'and' in the year :mad:

On this side of the pond its always been the century followed by 'and' ....
so 2014 is either twenty fourteen, or two thousand and fourteen, right.

This 'Americanism' of dropping 'and' is creeping in a little bit too much in Irish & British media circles for my liking, same goes for the s on the end of Maths which is being dropped by some here too :cool: Next thing Irish/British people will be saying Buoy phonetically.

What say you?

You pronounce buoy as Boy? Weird.

Chattastrophe!

LordSutch wrote: »

Next thing Irish/British people will be saying Buoy phonetically.

I pronounce it like Buoy. How do you pronounce it?

Ted_YNWA

Is there a mall near here with a gas station?

RustyNut

Your talking trash.

Nodin

LordSutch wrote: »

,,,,,,,,,,,, Next thing Irish/British people will be saying Buoy phonetically.

What say you?

The two are not interchangeable.

LordSutch

Trust you Nodin )

Vincent Vega

oh buoy huoy.
sounds like somebody isn't keeping to their vitamin schedule.
why not check out the advertisements and find out the time for the movie premiere?
just go to your garage, take a leisurely drive on your normal route to the theater.
pick up some aluminum foil and herbs in the mall on your way back.

RayM

We never said "one thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine."

Therefore, it should be "twenty-fourteen"

Nodin

LordSutch wrote: »

Trust you Nodin )

Just doin me job.

bumper234

As long as Aluminium stays as Aluminium and doesn't turn into Alluminum i'll be a happy chappy

LordSutch

I recently heard Radio Nova doing the "Movie Theatre guide", and I guess they're trying to be all cool and different, but what ever happened to the "what's on in the Cinema" guide?

We call it Cinema on this side of the pond.

CelticRambler

LordSutch wrote: »

On this side of the pond its always been the century followed by 'and' ....

What say you?

Well, when I was growing up as a holy catholic Irishman in the last century we referred to our era as nineteen-seventy-whatever, with not an 'and' to be seen anywhere. Maybe we picked up bad habits from watching HTV?

thelad95

salmocab

LordSutch wrote: »

What's all this rubbish about dropping the 'and' in the year :mad:

On this side of the pond its always been the century followed by 'and' ....
so 2014 is either twenty fourteen, or two thousand and fourteen, right.

This 'Americanism' of dropping 'and' is creeping in a little bit too much in Irish & British media circles for my liking, same goes for the s on the end of Maths which is being dropped by some here too :cool: Next thing Irish/British people will be saying Buoy phonetically.

What say you?

Surely the worst Americanism is referring to the Atlantic Ocean as 'the pond'

Hercule Poirot

I've never said nineteen and ninety nine - it came back for two thousand and one, two thousand and two, etc because it was needed but not once we hit 2010

You shouldn't upset your diaper with such thoughts

LordSutch

CelticRambler wrote: »

Well, when I was growing up as a holy catholic Irishman in the last century we referred to our era as nineteen-seventy-whatever, with not an 'and' to be seen anywhere. Maybe we picked up bad habits from watching HTV?

Very funny, and I'm obviously talking about 2000 onwards.

actually we did watch HTV in the 70s )

Mint Sauce

I remember a time before 'and' was ever used. OP must only be a teen, because I never heard 1999 called 1900 and 99.

Ted_YNWA

Hercule Poirot wrote: »

I've never said nineteen and ninety nine - it came back for two thousand and one, two thousand and two, etc because it was needed but not once we hit 2010

You shouldn't upset your diaper with such thoughts

The little grey cells have the answer.

AlekSmart

LordSutch wrote: »

I recently heard Radio Nova doing the "Movie Theatre guide", and I guess they're trying to be all cool and different, but what ever happened to the "what's on in the Cinema" guide?

We call it Cinema on this side of the pond.

Modernist guff....it was always a Picture House,it's a Picture House now,and it'll always be a Picktcher House......Movie Theater ?...sheesh

bumper234

AlekSmart wrote: »

Modernist guff....it was always a Picture House,it's a Picture House now,and it'll always be a Picktcher House......Movie Theater ?...sheesh

Ah feck it am off to listen to the wireless.

longhalloween

My problem is film trailers dropping the th and the nd from the date, so you hear the voice over guy saying "in cinemas July ten" instead of July tenth'. Why is that??

FloatingVoter

I've just lost a button on my shirt. There it is. Anyone have a needle and thre...oh were you talking about something important ? I'll be back later.

AlekSmart

LordSutch wrote: »

Very funny, and I'm obviously talking about 2000 onwards.

actually we did watch HTV in the 70s )

I watched Harlech...and even saw oul Lord Harlech himself too !!

And never forget,there are many folks up and down the country who DO use "and" when referring to years......They may well be old and wrinkly but I'll bow to their usage...."I was born in Nineteen and Twenty Two...etc etc..."

Come to think of it,the use of the and is actually common enough :eek:

AlekSmart

AND...I nearly forgot...DOnut.....!
All this Americanising seems to be about dropping stuff....DOUGHNUT-DO(ugh)NUT....WTF.....??

Cee-Jay-Cee

Are you serious right now? (As opposed to earlier)

mad muffin

LordSutch wrote: »

What's all this rubbish about dropping the 'and' in the year :mad:

On this side of the pond its always been the century followed by 'and' ....
so 2014 is either twenty fourteen, or two thousand and fourteen, right.

This 'Americanism' of dropping 'and' is creeping in a little bit too much in Irish & British media circles for my liking, same goes for the s on the end of Maths which is being dropped by some here too :cool: Next thing Irish/British people will be saying Buoy phonetically.

What say you?

Verily.

jojofizzio

Worse again is the politician's frequent use of "2-oh-5"(2005),"2-14"(2014)..made popular by the bould Micheal Martin and currently a favourite utterance of Michael Noonan

SpaceTime

The correct Minister for Finn-nance approved official terminology for dates is :

2013 = two thirteen
2014 = two fourteen
2031 = two thirty one

And so on.

Also why do they keep saying Finn-nance ??!

jojofizzio

SpaceTime wrote: »

The correct Minister for Finn-nance approved official terminology for dates is :

2013 = two thirteen
2014 = two fourteen
2031 = two thirty one

And so on.

Thanks for clearing that up Michael:D

SpaceTime

It's faɪˈnæns in normal English or its American fork.

Ditch

Anyone, but a septic, using their terms of speech towards me just makes me want to give the offender a slap upside the head! :mad:

thelad95

Does no one use '2K' anymore? For example we are currently in '2K14'

foggy_lad

LordSutch wrote: »

What say you?

Dang them darn yankeeeeees, pass me ma shootin' carbine son!

Turtyturd

Let's party like it's 19 and 99.

KungPao

thelad95 wrote: »

Does no one use '2K' anymore? For example we are currently in '2K14'

Why 2K?

whirlpool

I said 1998 as Nineteen Ninety Eight, but I say 2012 as Two Thousand and Twelve.

And no they are not the same method, but ye know what Who gives a rats ass! I'll talk how I want, not how some neurotics with sticks up their asses want me to talk.

Captain Chaos

KungPao wrote: »

Why 2K?

2K= 2 thousand.

Y2K bug???? Year 2000 bug.

SpaceTime

Turtyturd wrote: »

Let's party like it's 19 and 99.

Or, if you're Michael Noonan like it's One Ninety Nine, as he just ignores the centuries and only counts millennia.

Capt'n Midnight

In the year of our Lord ....

Ted_YNWA

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

In the year of our Lord ....

1800 and 6 we set sail from the sweet Cobh of Cork.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JhVWsc5Xgg

Jimminy Mc Fukhead

Eliminate redundancy, brevity and eliminate redundancy.

2thousand14

My moment has finally come...

JustAddWater

Sin city ... Out August twenty five

Bugs the hell out of me!

thelad95

KungPao wrote: »

Why 2K?

K is slang for a thousand.

miss no stars

dxhound2005 wrote: »

You pronounce buoy as Boy? Weird.

Always found the american way odd. Was sailing over there and got looked at like I'd ten heads when I pronounced buoy like a sane person and was "corrected" rather patronizingly with "oooh you mean the boo-eee". "Yes, leave the buoy to starboard..."