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2005. Is it (phonetically) two thousand AND five or is it two thousand five? Where I come from the and is part of the phrase but not here. I had a long argument, via email, with the woman who is now my wife back in 1999 on that very question. As I've said before, we're wierd like that!

Eventually she prevailed and I conceded, based on her arguments which I no longer remember but which probably involved reference to some obscure 18th century British/American dictionary, that it may be gramatically correct to say two thousand five.

Makes no matter though. It still sounds odd to these ears to hear someone on the radio say two thousand five; I keep wanting to hear that and in there...