After 13 years in the 21st century, what conclusion have we come to regarding the short forms of the names of the years?

Do you remember the other Year 2000 problem, regarding the nicknames of the years? If 1999 was "ninety-nine," then what would we call 2001? At the time, answers such as "one", "oh-one", "two-oh-one" and even "naught-one" were suggested. Now, with well over a decade of experience, what conclusion have we come to, if any?

Solution 1:

I think 2001 will remain two-thousand-and-one and from 2010+ it will be twenty-ten, etc. The 20th century has it's special short-hand versions, but I think in the future it will be the twenty-eighties not the eighties.

Solution 2:

We use the term "thousand" (mostly without the "and" for the sake of brevity) when citing the full year:

Two thousand one
Two thousand nine

And we use "oh" before the single digit for the short form:

Oh-five
Oh-two

2011 provides a unique challenge. I hear it split fairly evenly between "two thousand eleven" and "twenty eleven" whereas 2012 most always falls out as "twenty twelve"; I attribute this to the odd middle-accented "eleven" more than anything. It's an awkward word in combination, which is why it often is used for humorous effect ("eleventy-twelve" and the hobbit meal known as "elevensies").

Now that we're in the tweens, the twenties rule: twenty thirteen, twenty fifteen, etc. It's just shorter and easier to say.