In German, we often use "Elfhundert" (literally, "eleven hundred") for 1100 or "neunzehnhundert" ("nineteen hundred") for 1900; but is this correct in English?
Answer
Yes, people normally say
fifteen hundred instead of one thousand five hundred
and
nineteen ninety nine instead of one thousand nine hundred ninety nine
However, I hear a lot of people saying
two thousand fourteen instead of twenty fourteen
Probably because twenty fourteen just doesn't flow off the tongue as nicely as years back in the nineteen nineties
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