If the context is a calendar date, say twenty twenty. If another context, say two thousand twenty. For best clarity, do NOT say “and” twenty. “And” implies a decimal point.
How do you say year 2000?
For the year 2000 you say (the year) two thousand. For the years 2001 to 2010, the most common way of saying the year is two thousand and + number. For the first years after 2010 you may hear two different alternatives.
How do you say 1900 years in English?
- 600: six hundred.
- 601: six oh one (shorter than six hundred one)
- 1899: eighteen ninety-nine (shorter than one thousand eight hundred ninety-nine)
- 1900: nineteen hundred (shorter than one thousand nine hundred)
