1) I believe "two thousand eight" is the more popular phrase. I think people just got used to saying it as such in the year 2000 (two thousand, of course, not twenty-oh-zero).

Besides, if we ignored the fact that we're referring to years, it's perfectly fine to refer to 1800 as "eighteen hundred" but a bit awkward to refer to 2000 as "twenty hundred".

2) "Two thousand AND eight" is my preferred style.

3) I'm with George. Gotta put in the "and" just in case.

4) I like to say "two thousand n eight." That 'n' sounds just sort of halfway rolls out after the "nd" in thousand. It probably sounds more like "two thousand nate."

I would like to boycott these confusing years. I vote for returning to a teen numbered year.

5) Good call; we need to devalue the century. How do we do that? Any economonisomists in the vicinity?

6) I am with Courtney. I think I say "two-thousan-eight."

I think "twenty-oh-eight" is a bit much.

7) oh 8. If to be correct, we would all say zero eight.

But I think this happened because it's just the way the number system works - we say nine hundred, then one thousand, then eleven hundred (because we are lazy and take the shortest route from start to finish).

So in that vein, we said nineteen hundred. not one thousand nine hundred. And when it become 2010 and its easier for everyone to say "twenty ten", of course we'll do that instead of two thousand and ten. But for now "twenty zero eight" doesn't quite roll off the tongue. Give it a year and a half, and everyone will just say "twenty ten"

as for me, I graduated in two thousand two, two thousand six, and two thousand eight.

was that long winded?

8) Nope, not long-winded.

9) Funny how it took 8 years to be a problem--why didn't 2001 have the same dilemma? Someone probably had the same argument back when it was 1008 AD and they couldn't decide whether to call it 1000-8 or 10-08. :)

10) Two thousand eight is what I use. I don't use the AND. It feels funny even to say it that way.

11) No "and".

12) Courtney, I like "two thousand nate," it sounds like a comic book hero. I think you should start that and market it.