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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

1976 (year)

English answer:

At the request of the asker:

Added to glossary by pidzej
Sep 30, 2003 09:43
20 yrs ago
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English term

1976 (year)

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How would you natives write that year in longhand please? Nineteen seventy six does not look right at all so I'd choose between "the year nineteen hundred seventy-six" and "the year one thousand nine hundred and seventy six", preferably the latter. Which would you use?
Responses
3 +3 At the request of the asker:
5 +17 nineteen seventy-six
4 +6 Reference
4 +1 [in the year] one thousand nine hundred and seventy six

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com Sep 30, 2003:
context is highly formal, the day twenty-sixth of June, is also given in words; nineteen seventy six is commonly used, that much I know, but writing dates in longhand is not so common, or is it? that's why I suspect that version with the missing hundred (or thousand, as the case may be) is still a shortcut, not the full and formal version you would find in, say, birth certificate or the like

Responses

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At the request of the asker:

The year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six (Capialization of some words vary, but generally the 'O' and 'L' are standard). Of course, this is pertinent only in certain contexts!
Peer comment(s):
agree vixen : I think "nineteen hundred and seventy-six" is already more formal than "ninenteen seventy-six"
30 mins
Right, but I choose the reference to 'Our Lord' not, for the religious context, but that wording would reflect the exact formal usage for the asker's need.
agree Chris Hopley : Amen! :-)
1 hr
and praise The Lord and peace be with...everyone.
agree verbis
2 hrs
thanks, the asker is wondering about the use of 'hundred' and requested that I send a seperate entry. I'm unsure of a US/UK difference here. If so his target group's need will determine the choice.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, James and all"
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0 min

nineteen seventy-six

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Note added at 2003-09-30 09:45:32 (GMT)
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Nineteen Seventy Six - [ Traduzca esta página ]
NINETEEN SEVENTY SIX. ©1999 Michael A. Schiller. The copyright to this
poem is secured and owned by Michael A. Schiller. Unauthorized ...
www.mike-schiller.com/Poetry/ 1999/NineteenSeventySix.html - 22k

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... August 17 1976 Mindanao, Philippines Earthquake August 17 1976 Science/Mathematics ... June
12, 1978 Science/Mathematics The Nineteen Seventy Six Tangshan, China ...
www.9.us-link-guide.de/325.html - 101k - 28 Sep 2003

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Note added at 2003-09-30 09:46:18 (GMT)
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Nineteen Seventy Six - [ Traduzca esta página ]
NINETEEN SEVENTY SIX. ©1999 Michael A. Schiller. The copyright to this
poem is secured and owned by Michael A. Schiller. Unauthorized ...
www.mike-schiller.com/Poetry/ 1999/NineteenSeventySix.html - 22k

Developing En Managing Stre F. Scott Fitz Coopers Creek People of ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... August 17 1976 Mindanao, Philippines Earthquake August 17 1976 Science/Mathematics ... June
12, 1978 Science/Mathematics The Nineteen Seventy Six Tangshan, China ...
www.9.us-link-guide.de/325.html - 101k - 28 Sep 2003
Peer comment(s):
agree Margarita : the year nineteen seventy-six
3 mins
agree Michael Powers (PhD)
5 mins
agree Albi76 : There is nothing wrong with 'nineteen seventy-six'
6 mins
agree Sven Petersson : nineteen seventy-six
7 mins
agree David Moore (X) : Correct, Margarita - it should have the hyphen
8 mins
neutral Attila Piróth : The answer is correct but the references are useless/misleading/contradictory: the crucial item, the hyphen is missing in them.
8 mins
I agree, I just wanted to show it is commonly used and it does 'look right' as said. Thank you for your comment.
agree J. Leo (X) : The year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six (Capialization of some words vary, but generally the 'O' and 'L' are standard). Of course, this is pertinent only in certain contexts!
9 mins
agree Selcuk Akyuz
22 mins
agree Ilaria Galli
41 mins
agree Rajan Chopra
41 mins
agree Enza Longo : nineteen hundred and seventy-six
48 mins
agree Mario Marcolin : "nineteen seventy-six" when the context is obvious
1 hr
agree Chris Hopley : As a native English speaker (Asker did ask for native opinions!), I agree that "nineteen seventy-six" is perfectly standard longhand usage, albeit not the longest of the variously possible longhand forms.
2 hrs
agree Patricia Baldwin : I side with Margarita and Chris, never underestimate the weight ofa native speaker.
2 hrs
agree noeliam
2 hrs
agree John Bowden : With hyphen
3 hrs
neutral cmwilliams (X) : "nineteen seventy-six" would not be appropriate in a highly formal document.
5 hrs
agree Catherine Norton : I agree with James for a formal document.
9 hrs
agree Yelena.
21 hrs
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+6
46 mins

Reference

The following reference may be of some help:

2. When reading or speaking we use the term "hundred" but not "thousand". The year 1968 would be read as:
nineteen hundred and sixty-eight or more commonly; nineteen sixty-eight.

But the years 1900 and 1908 can only be read as:
nineteen hundred.
nineteen hundred and eight.

3. To say April 10 1968, we have 4 alternatives:
April the tenth, nineteen hundred and sixty-eight.
April the tenth, nineteen sixty-eight.
The tenth of April, nineteen hundred and sixty-eight.
The tenth of April, nineteen sixty-eight.

So, I would go for "nineteen hundred and seventy-six" as James suggested.
Reference:

http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Square/6264/index169.htm

Peer comment(s):
agree J. Leo (X) : idem dito, Vixen.
11 mins
agree Birgir Davidsson
38 mins
agree verbis
1 hr
neutral John Bowden : "nineteen hundred and seventy-six" is very formal: alos, 1908 is more commonly pronounced as "nineteen-oh-eight", in the Uk at least
2 hrs
According to the asker, the context is highly formal. In addition, written texts are often more formal than spoken text..
agree cmwilliams (X) : In a formal document "nineteen hundred and seventy-six" would be more appropriate than "nineteen seventy-six".
4 hrs
agree Rajan Chopra
7 hrs
agree Mick De Meyer : thanks, am translating a birth certificate, was looking for confirmation of this. Am now going for ""nineteen hundred and seventy-six".
2770 days
Glad to have helped ;-)
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+1
8 hrs

[in the year] one thousand nine hundred and seventy six

a translation of a birth certificate couched in formal terms, or a solicitor in a formal document would writem for example, "on the twenty-seventh day of the month of September in the year one thousand nine hundred and seventy six". This would be too formal for many other purposes: you would say "nineteen seventy six" if you were talking - but written language is different from the spoken!
Peer comment(s):
agree Kardi Kho : sometimes also 'on the twenty-sixth day of the sixth month in the year one thousand nine hundred and seventy-six.
6 hrs
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