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==Dates== {{See also|Calendar date}} There are a number of ways to read years. The following table offers a list of valid pronunciations and alternate pronunciations for any given year of the [[Gregorian calendar]] and [[Julian calendar]]. {| class="wikitable" ! Year !! Most common pronunciation method !! Alternative methods |- | 1 BC || (The year) One [[Anno Domini|BC]] || (The year) One [[Common Era|BCE]]{{Efn|[[BCE|Before the Common era.]]|name=|group=note}} |- | 1 || The year One || (The year) One [[Common Era|CE]]{{Efn|of the [[Common era]].|name=|group=note}}<br />[[Anno Domini|AD]] One{{Efn|''[[Anno Domini]]'' One ("In the year One of our Lord") is sometimes written 1 AD.|name=|group=note}} |- | 235 || Two thirty-five || Two-three-five <br />Two hundred (and) thirty-five |- | 911 || Nine eleven || Nine-one-one <br />Nine hundred (and) eleven |- | 999 || Nine ninety-nine || Nine-nine-nine <br />Nine hundred (and) ninety-nine |- | 1000 || One thousand || Ten hundred <br />1K |- | 1004 || One thousand (and) four || Ten oh-four |- | 1010 || Ten ten || One thousand (and) ten |- | 1050 || Ten fifty || One thousand (and) fifty |- | 1225 || Twelve twenty-five || One-two-two-five <br />One thousand, two hundred (and) twenty-five <br />Twelve-two-five |- | 1900 || Nineteen hundred || One thousand, nine hundred <br />Nineteen aught |- | 1901 || Nineteen oh-one || Nineteen hundred (and) one <br />One thousand, nine hundred (and) one <br />Nineteen aught one |- | 1919 || Nineteen nineteen || Nineteen hundred (and) nineteen <br />One thousand, nine hundred (and) nineteen |- | 1999 || Nineteen ninety-nine || Nineteen hundred (and) ninety-nine <br />One thousand, nine hundred (and) ninety-nine |- | 2000 || Two thousand || Twenty hundred <br />Two triple-oh <br />Y2K |- | 2001 || Two thousand (and) one || Twenty oh-one <br />Twenty hundred (and) one <br />Two double-oh-one <br />Two oh-oh-one |- | 2009 || Two thousand (and) nine || Twenty oh-nine <br />Twenty hundred (and) nine <br />Two double-oh-nine <br />Two oh-oh-nine |- | 2010 || Twenty ten<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120470656|title=How Do You Say 2010?|website=NPR.org }}</ref> || Twenty hundred (and) ten <br />two-oh-one-oh <br>Two thousand (and) ten |} {{reflist|group=note}} ''Twelve thirty-four'' would be the norm on both sides of the Atlantic for the year 1234. The [[2000s (decade)|years 2000 to 2009]] are most often read as [[2000s (decade)#Names for the decade|''two thousand'', ''two thousand (and) one'' and the like]] by both British and American speakers. For years after 2009, ''twenty eleven'', ''twenty fourteen'', etc. are more common, even in years earlier than 2009 BC/BCE. Likewise, the years after 1009 (until 1099) are also read in the same manner (e.g. 1015 is either ''ten fifteen'' or, rarely, ''one thousand fifteen''). Some Britons read years within the 1000s to 9000s BC/BCE in the American manner, that is, 1234 BC is read as ''twelve (hundred and) thirty-four'' BC, while 2400 BC can be read as either ''two thousand four hundred'' or ''twenty four hundred'' BC.
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