(Cross Post) How to say abridged dates?

[Connemara]

(Cross Post)

Hello, and sorry if this is a question that has been asked before - I have searched the threads but cannot find an answer.
I am currently reading a book that mentions years with the last digit represented with a dash (for example: ´early in the spring of 189-´ )
My question is this: How should a narrator actually say this year out loud?
Thank you in advance to anyone who knows and supplies the answer!
M.

[Availle]

There's no need to cross post, I will delete the other thread.

I'm not sure if you're talking about a solo or not?
In a group project you can post these questions in the thread - the BC will have to make up their mind in case this is a recurring issue.

For a solo you make this decision yourself, you could say "189 blank" or "1890s" or... People have come up with all sorts of solutions.

[Connemara]

Thank you very much for your reply!
(It is not a group project, so I didn't have a BC to ask)
M.

[TriciaG]

Yeah, I usually say "eighteen ninety-blank" or for 18--, "eighteen hundred blank".

I've heard people mumble it: "eighteen ninety-hmmemem" - but you have to make it sound deliberate and not like a mistake.

[Connemara]

Yeah, I usually say "eighteen ninety-blank" or for 18--, "eighteen hundred blank".

I've heard people mumble it: "eighteen ninety-hmmemem" - but you have to make it sound deliberate and not like a mistake.

Thanks for your reply TriciaG - I'm going with the eighteen-ninety-blank option.