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Dear colleagues, can I ask in particular to our mothertongue teachers to help me? How do you pronounce a year like 1966? I �ve always said "nineteen sixty-six" but a teacher from Denver whos �s teaching a course in my school thinks that only "one thousand sixty-six" is correct. Is it a geographical variety or what? Thanks a lot for your help, Chiara |
29 Mar 2017
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teacherjasonUK
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I would say 100% always nineteen sixty six. I �ve never heard of anyone ever saying one thousand sixty-six" that �s just strange. For years after 1999 then you can use both. two thousand and ten or twenty ten. Jason |
29 Mar 2017
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belfer
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I am in US and we always say nineteen sixty six.
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29 Mar 2017
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Thanks a lot for your precious help!! Greetigs from Italy, Chiara |
29 Mar 2017
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ldthemagicman
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Here in the UK, I would say: "Nineteen-sixty-six". � (Oh, my goodness, Les! Are there STILL teachers in the world who think that EVERYONE should speak the SAME VARIETY of English, in EXACTLY the same way, regardless of outside influences? And they�STILL describe�THEIR WAY�as the �CORRECT WAY� to speak? Where are my tablets ... ... ?) � Les Douglas�
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29 Mar 2017
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yanogator
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One thousand sixty-six is 1066, not 1966 |
29 Mar 2017
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Jayho
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Aaah, Battle of Hastings. I wonder if Chiara made a typo and meant to write one thousand nine hundred and sixty six? Nineteen sixty six is what everyone in Oz says.
Douglas, I�m confused.
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29 Mar 2017
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redcamarocruiser
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I have also only ever heard nineteen sixty-six for the year. The novel 1984 is called nineteen eighty-four. Maybe the teacher was thinking of numbers in arithmetic and not years.
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29 Mar 2017
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cunliffe
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Good point, Mary. Why is everybody confused?  Is it about life in general? If so, count me in. |
29 Mar 2017
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