2010s - Mixed Pronunciation

Mixed Pronunciation

Among experts and the general public, there is some disagreement as to how specific years of the 21st century should be pronounced in English. While most people pronounced the years 2000 to 2009 as "two thousand (and) _", the pronunciation in the 2010s has been mixed. The year 2010, for example, was referred to by some as "twenty-ten" and by others as "two thousand (and) ten" and this mixed pronunciation continues as of 2012.