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"will be" is _future tense_, so that's implied. besides, no one says, "2007 is a past year." grammatical tense exists so that things don't have to be phrased in such convoluted ways.
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rv - No one knows if 2010 will happen for a fact. Do you have a source? Do we know beyond a shadow of a doubt? "Is expected to be" is simply accurate wording here.
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'''2010''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MMX]]''') will be a [[common year starting on Friday]]
'''2010''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MMX]]''') is expected to be a [[common year starting on Friday]]
of the [[Gregorian calendar]].
of the [[Gregorian calendar]].


Revision as of 21:25, 13 December 2008

This article is about the year 2010. For other uses, see 2010 (disambiguation).
Millennium: 3rd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
2010 by topic
Arts
Music
Politics and government
Science and technology
Environment
Transportation
Sports
By sovereign state
By international organization
Categories
2010 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar2010
MMX
Ab urbe condita2763
Armenian calendar1459
ԹՎ ՌՆԾԹ
Assyrian calendar6760
Baháʼí calendar166–167
Balinese saka calendar1931–1932
Bengali calendar1417
Berber calendar2960
British Regnal year58 Eliz. 2 – 59 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar2554
Burmese calendar1372
Byzantine calendar7518–7519
Chinese calendar己丑年 (Earth Ox)
4707 or 4500
    — to —
庚寅年 (Metal Tiger)
4708 or 4501
Coptic calendar1726–1727
Discordian calendar3176
Ethiopian calendar2002–2003
Hebrew calendar5770–5771
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2066–2067
 - Shaka Samvat1931–1932
 - Kali Yuga5110–5111
Holocene calendar12010
Igbo calendar1010–1011
Iranian calendar1388–1389
Islamic calendar1431–1432
Japanese calendarHeisei 22
(平成２２年)
Javanese calendar1942–1943
Juche calendar99
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4343
Minguo calendarROC 99
民國99年
Nanakshahi calendar542
Thai solar calendar2553
Tibetan calendar阴土牛年
(female Earth-Ox)
2136 or 1755 or 983
    — to —
阳金虎年
(male Iron-Tiger)
2137 or 1756 or 984
Unix time1262304000 – 1293839999

2010 (MMX) is expected to be a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.

Pronouncing 2010 and subsequent years

See also: Year pronunciation

There is a debate as to how specific years of the 21st century should be pronounced in English. Although the majority of English-speakers say "two thousand (and) X" for any specific year post–2000, it is often suggested that the continuation of this type of pronunciation for the entire 21st century would be inappropriate or unnatural, given the alternative "twenty X" option.

Academics suggest that since former years such as 1805 and 1905 were commonly pronounced as "eighteen oh" or "nineteen oh" five, the year 2005 should naturally have been pronounced as "twenty oh-five".[1] Many experts agree that majority usage of "two thousand (and) X" is a result of influences from the Y2K hype, as well as the way "2001" was pronounced in the influential 1968 film, 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Many people, including linguistic and academic experts, predict that the "twenty X" pronunciation method will eventually prevail, but a time frame as to when this change will occur often differs. The year 2010 is suggested by many[2][3], while 2011[1] and 2013 are popular as well. The latest time frames for change are usually placed at 2020[1] or 2100.

According to a recent press release, David Crystal, author of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, has predicted that the change of pronunciation to "twenty X" will occur in 2011, as "twenty eleven", explaining that the way people pronounce years depends on rhythm, rather than logic. Crystal claims that the rhythm or "flow" of "two thousand (and) ten", beats out that of "twenty ten", but the flow of "twenty eleven" beats out "two thousand (and) eleven".[1] Alternatively, Ian Brookes, editor-in-chief of Chambers Dictionary, suggests the change will occur in 2013. And finally, the UK Times has suggested 2020 as a final time frame for the change, saying "If people can have “twenty-twenty” vision, then surely they should also live in the year “twenty twenty”.[1] The team which organized the successful bid to host the Olympic Games of 2012 in London, styled the year they will hold the games as "twenty twelve".

In addition, some notable organizations are already switching to the "twenty" system. The favored description for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada is the "twenty ten" Winter Olympic Games, the 2010 FIFA World Cup is stated as the "twenty ten" FIFA World Cup, South Africa & the 2010 Commonwealth Games, India prefers the description of this Event as the "twenty-ten" Delhi Commonwealth Games, India.

Some suggest[who?] that after the "twenty X" pronunciation for current and future 21st century years has taken hold, future references to early 21st century years will change accordingly from the previous "two thousand (and) X" method; thus, they say, future generations will refer to the date of the 9/11 attacks in the United States as September 11, "twenty oh-one", just as 1911 was referred to as "nineteen hundred and eleven"[citation needed] at the time, but is now called "nineteen eleven".

Others believe the "two thousand" pronunciation will imply only the decade of 2000-2009.

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2010 in fiction

Computer and video games

Film

Literature

Music

  • Pearl Jam's song "Do the Evolution" references the world in this year: "I crawled the earth, but now I'm higher. 2010, watch it go to fire."
  • Bad Religion have a song titled "Ten in 2010" about this year on their album, The Gray Race.
  • The Mint Chicks have a song titled "2010", which is their first song recorded as a 3 piece after the departure of bassist Mike in 2007. It is the b-side to the Walking Off A Cliff Again 7" vinyl, and will only feature on that format.

Television

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Experts clash over millennium bugbear — UK Times
  2. ^ http://maxspeak.org/mt/archives/002457.html
  3. ^ The Naughty Noughties, or something
  4. ^ a b c NASA's Shuttle and Rocket Missions
  5. ^ http://www.usopen.com/future/ retrieved 14 June 2007
  6. ^ King, Ralph (October 1, 2003). "GM'S Race To The Future". Business 2.0. Retrieved 2007-05-22. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ When is the Digital TV Switchover? The different regions and dates
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