The custom of pronouncing the years as if they were two separate figures is spreading in public language. This way we feel more international, more from the first-first world.

The fashion has taken root among consultants, among business school professors, among politicians who appear enlightened. Maybe it will go out of style soon and won't even make it to the year twenty twenty-seven. The 2030 Agenda includes sustainable development goals for the planet. Perfect. But sustainable development begins in Spanish with a statement that is difficult to sustain.