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[โ€“] Ultraviolet 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The really weird case is "two thousand" to "two thousand nine", then we revert back to "twenty ten" and onward.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I mean what are you gonna say, twenty nine? That just sounds like 29. Guess you could say Twenty Oh Nine but that feels awkward.