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2011 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 2011
MMXI
Ab urbe condita 2764
Armenian calendar 1460
ԹՎ ՌՆԿ
Bahá'í calendar 167 – 168
Berber calendar 2961
Buddhist calendar 2555
Burmese calendar 1373
Chinese calendar 4647/4707-11-27
(庚寅年十一月廿七日)
— to —
4648/4708-12-7
(辛卯年十二月初七日)
Coptic calendar 1727 – 1728
Ethiopian calendar 2003 – 2004
Hebrew calendar 5771 – 5772
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 2066 – 2067
 - Shaka Samvat 1933 – 1934
 - Kali Yuga 5112 – 5113
Holocene calendar 12011
Iranian calendar 1389 – 1390
Islamic calendar 1432 – 1433
Japanese calendar Heisei 23
(平成23年)
Korean calendar 4344
Thai solar calendar 2554
Unix time 1293840000 – 1325375999
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2011 (MMXI) will be a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. According to the North Korean Juche calendar, this will be Juche year 100. This year will also be the 100th of the Republic of China Era year (民國100年).

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[edit] Pronunciation

See also: Year pronunciation

There is a debate as to how specific years of the 21st century, including 2011, should be pronounced in English. Although the majority of English-speakers say "two thousand (and) X" for any specific year post–1999, it is often suggested that the continuation of this type of pronunciation for the entire 21st century would be inappropriate or unnatural, given the alternative "twenty X" option.

Many experts agree that majority usage of "two thousand (and) X" is a result of influences from the Y2K hype, as well as the way "2001" was pronounced in the influential 1968 film, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Experts also suggest that since former years such as 1805 and 1905 were commonly pronounced as "eighteen oh" or "nineteen oh" five, the year 2005 should naturally have been pronounced as "twenty oh-five".[1]

Many people, ranging from linguistic and academic experts to Internet bloggers, predict that the "twenty X" pronunciation method will eventually prevail, but a time frame as to when this change will occur often differs. The year 2010 is suggested by many,[2][3] while 2011[1] and 2013 are popular as well. The latest time frame for change is usually placed at 2020[1] or 2100.

According to a recent press release, David Crystal, author of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, has predicted that the change will occur in 2011, to "twenty eleven", explaining that the way people pronounce years depends on rhythm, rather than logic. Crystal claims that the rhythm or "flow" of "two thousand (and) ten", beats out that of "twenty ten", but the flow of "twenty eleven" beats out "two thousand (and) eleven".[1] Alternatively, Ian Brookes, editor-in-chief of Chambers Dictionary, suggests the change will occur in 2013. The UK Times has suggested 2020 as a final time frame for the change, saying "If people can have “twenty-twenty” vision, then surely they should also live in the year “twenty twenty”."[1]

It is noted that, the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, taking place in Vancouver, Canada, are being officially referred to as "the twenty-ten Olympics",the 2011 Rugby World Cup officially as "the New Zealand twenty-eleven Rugby World Cup". The London olympics, taking place in 2012, are also being officially referred to by London 2012 as "the twenty-twelve Olympics". Chicago 2016, which operates the official Chicago bid for the 2016 games, refers to the "twenty-sixteen games".

[edit] Predicted and scheduled events

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[edit] Unknown dates

[edit] Major religious holidays

[edit] In fiction

  • In the Aeon Flux television series and film, 99% of the world's population is wiped out by a mysterious virus in the year 2011.
  • In K. A. Applegate's Remnants book series, 2011 is the year life on Earth becomes extinct after a 73-mile wide asteroid nicknamed "The Rock" impacts Portugal. Eighty other humans are placed in a shuttle named the Mayflower mere hours before impact and put into artificial hibernation, while a handful of humans inexplicitly survive the impact on Earth; the reason how and the means these few survived amongst the ruins of Earth is not stated.
  • The Sarah Connor Chronicles Judgement Day is predicted to take place on April 21.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e Experts clash over millennium bugbear — UK Times
  2. ^ http://maxspeak.org/mt/archives/002457.html
  3. ^ The Naughty Noughties, or something
  4. ^ Senate Plan to Repeal Inheritance Tax Fails (June 9, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-08-02.
  5. ^ NASA article relating to Solar Maximum (March 12, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-07-14.
  6. ^ CNN article relating to Californians plan to have largest Solar Plant (July 9, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-07-14.