2006 > "two-oh-six"?

[Wilson Gray]

Are people starting to replace the two-thousands with just
two, as in "two-oh-six" instead of "two-thousand-six"? Or
is it just my imagination running away with me? FWIW,
I've just heard someone say, "in '99 and in two-oh-four"
in two different sentences and I've heard the same "two-
oh-digit" construction on other occasions. Of course,
this could be simply haplogy ;-) for "2-oh-oh-digit."

-Wilson Gray

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