VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

Kristin Lennox · Flight Attendant Joined: 30 Apr 2011 Posts: 858

From what I've read, "twenty-twelve" is more popular, but it seems like every time I read the year (and it was the same with 2011), the client wants "two thousand twelve" instead.

So, of course, last week I recorded a spot saying "two thousand twelve"... and the client came back wanting "twenty-twelve". Laugh

The moral of the story is, of course, always ask beforehand. But I'm curious what YOUR clients seem to prefer...?

(...and yes, I AM bored at the moment -- why do you ask?... Smile

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Kristin Lennox · Flight Attendant Joined: 30 Apr 2011 Posts: 858

...and for the record, "twelve" is a very strange word when you type it over and over...
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Deirdre · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:27 am Post subject:

I like saying "Twenty-twelve" personally.

Clients, on the other hand . . . .
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todd ellis · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:37 am Post subject:

still going with oh-twelve
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JBarrett · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:45 am Post subject:

The Dozen.
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Diane Maggipinto · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:51 am Post subject:

two thousand twelve, twenty twelve, the dozen ... but for hell's sake NOT two thousand AND twelve or twenty AND twelve. sheeeesh! the nuns will rap your knuckles, lemme tell ya!

i realize you (the collective) may have heard this from me before
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Lizden · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 10:18 am Post subject:

I normally say two-thousand-twelve, but will do it any way the clients want it.
That's my default though & so far no client has called me on it.
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Bailey · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:02 am Post subject:

I vote for 5772... fifty-seven seventy-two.
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ricevoice · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:54 am Post subject:

My experience has been "two thousand twelve", except car dealer spots where you have 40secondsofcopycrammedintoa30 in which case it's "twenty twelve".
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KaraEdwards · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 4:30 pm Post subject:

I'm already working on March's edition of Highlights...and they are very specific about the year being read 'twenty-twelve'.
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Lee Gordon · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:11 pm Post subject:

Mike Harrison · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:33 pm Post subject:

I managed to convince at least one client that 'twenty-twelve' was better than 'two-thousand-twelve' (saying 'and' is just silly) because it is made up of fewer syllables. Fewer syllables = more breathe-able copy.

My preference is 'twenty-twelve' simply because we were all accustomed to saying 'nineteen-yadda-yadda-yadda.' It's a natural progression. Although, while our ancestors said 'nineteen-hundred' for 1900, our saying 'twenty-hundred' would've sounded rather odd.
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Scott Pollak · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:56 pm Post subject:

What difference does it make? According to the Mayans in a few months we'll all be history anyway. Shocked

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Mike Harrison · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:58 pm Post subject:

Deirdre · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 7:03 pm Post subject:

I don't see what's such a big deal about the Mayans. They just ran out of wall space.
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