Today I heard an American television presenter say the year 2005 as “twenty-oh-five” and I totally cringed. But this reminded me of a question that, to date, no one has been able to answer for me. Which is – when do we stop saying “two thousand and something” and start saying “twenty something”?

Clearly once we get to the year 2525 it will have to be pronounced the way Zager & Evans did back in 1969. But until then . . .?