I've decided after much reflection
that I'm going to start referring to this year as MMX.

for instance: "so, what have you got planned for MMX?"

cool right?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Sat 2 Jan 2010, 11:38, 21 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

That works for me
The BBC are routinely saying twenty-ten. It sounds a bit informal for the BBC, but nobody thought that saying nineteen was sloppy, did they?

MMX is ace though, it sounds like a futuristic BMX.
It might stop me saying "the 2K10 y'all" simply because I'm so unsure.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sat 2 Jan 2010, 12:08, Reply)

The Beeb newsreaders apparently gravitated towards "twenty-ten"
because it has fewer syllables than "two thousand and ten".

Lazy sods.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Sat 2 Jan 2010, 12:20, Reply)

I do expect more from the BBC
Maybe this is why they say 'chock-lit' and 'med-sun'. Maybe they're just being frugal with the syllables.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sat 2 Jan 2010, 12:23, Reply)

You should withhold about 1/3 of a penny from your licence fee
as syllabic ransom money.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Sat 2 Jan 2010, 12:23, Reply)

I just might.
I might also introduce Mis-pronunciation Tax. 10p every time they say 'hommer-sex-yule'.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sat 2 Jan 2010, 12:26, Reply)

did you call 1990 one thousand nine hundred and ninety?

( weaver., Sat 2 Jan 2010, 19:32, Reply)

futuristic BMX is exactly how my mate described it

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Sat 2 Jan 2010, 17:32, Reply)

I'm the same bloke
AICMFP
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sat 2 Jan 2010, 20:42, Reply)

Better than Two-Oh One-Oh.

(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Sat 2 Jan 2010, 12:19, Reply)

Blurgh

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sat 2 Jan 2010, 12:23, Reply)

It's increadibly pretentious.

(PsychoChomp, Sat 2 Jan 2010, 12:23, Reply)

Thanks, Scrappy Doo.
Thanks for the positivity.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sat 2 Jan 2010, 12:24, Reply)

that's the point

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Sat 2 Jan 2010, 18:11, Reply)

I thought MMX was some sound system thing.
But that's TMX isn't it?
Damn you, abbreviations!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Sat 2 Jan 2010, 12:26, Reply)

Actually, it's THX
They like to make things shatter.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sat 2 Jan 2010, 12:43, Reply)

Cheers!
What a fucking muppet I am :S
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Sat 2 Jan 2010, 13:07, Reply)

I wont refer to the year vocally
I will only raise my right eyebrow to indicate what I mean.
(knackerz is skinning up, Sat 2 Jan 2010, 14:51, Reply)

MMX
MMX is a single instruction, multiple data (SIMD) instruction set designed by Intel, introduced in 1996 with their Pentium line of microprocessors.

But I'm sure Intel won't sue.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 2 Jan 2010, 15:26, Reply)

I like this idea!

( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Sat 2 Jan 2010, 15:40, Reply)

Fair enough,
but this represents a fairweather attitude to a fine tradition of Roman numerals. Would you have been as enthusiastic about this idea in MCMXCVII?
(Good old boy just like yer grandma!, Sat 2 Jan 2010, 17:17, Reply)

you have a good point
and have exposed me as the shallow fellow I am
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Sat 2 Jan 2010, 17:33, Reply)