1909

[Grant Barrett]

On Jan 15, 2010, at 10:51, Laurence Horn wrote:
> And of course, unlike "Twenty nine" for 2009, there would be no
> possibility of reinterpreting "Nineteen six" as any number other than
> 1906.

For the record, that confusion didn't stop some people from saying "twenty six" for 2006, or similar. I heard real-life examples plenty of times, in person and in the broadcast media. They'd often go without restatement or correction.

Grant Barrett
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