I just thought I’d get an update whether we have all decided what to call this decade. It’s almost over, you know.
The toothousands.
Doesn’t that mean we can soon stop worrying about this? If we’ve successfully procrastinated for 8 years, another two should be easy.
Then what will we call the next decade?
I don’t think we’ll be on firm ground until 2020, myself.
My question is, is 2010 (and later, 2011, 2012, etc) going to be said “Two thousand ten, two thousand eleven, two thousand twelve, etc” or “Twentyten, twentyeleven, twentytwelve, etc”?
It should be the latter, I think (as per it being nineteeneightyfour, not one thousand, nine hundred and eighty four)…but I fear people will make it the former.
The former is ok because ‘twothousandten’ is short enough to be viable whereas ‘onethousandninehundredandten’ is less so.
But we said/say nineteenten. We don’t say “one thousand nine hundred and ten” or “nineteen hundred and ten”
We say “nineteenten” and the equivlant of that is “twentyten”
The equivlant of “one thousand nine hundred and ten” or “nineteen hundred and ten” (I think) is “two thousand ten”.
Just feels/sounds/seems wrong to me. 
I think the name “two-thousands” will probably win out for the first decade. It’ll probably take a while for something to settle, though.
I’m already referring to 2010 as twenty-ten. So are other people. From then on, “twenty” will be the hip prefix.
I think all the hip kids are calling it the “naughties”. I think.
“The uh-ohs.”
Seems to sum it up quite well, so far.
I was hoping for “The Naughty Naughts” but it hasn’t really panned out…
ETA: [Shakes fist at essell] I thought I was so clever.
wasnt like 1900-1909 called like ought-one , ought-two. shouldnt the same apply to 2000’s? i probably butchered the reference though.
I don’t think it will be a problem until the Nostalgia Industry kicks in. You know, all those documentaries about the 50’s & 60’s, shows like “That 70’s Show” or “I Love the 80’s.” Generally speaking, it takes about twenty years for any period in time to become nostalgic, so we’ve got a couple decades before VH1 and Rhino Records start panicking.
Naughties or Noughties are what I’ve seen the years referred to.
My great grandmother (1899-2003) claimed that they called the decade 1900-1909 the “aughts.” I doubt it will catch on again.
The Master’s Word (kinda). I think it’ll never have a set in stone name, but we’ll all settle on something around the end of 2009 when we have to do a bunch of decade retrospective junk. VH1 will probably be the authority. Here’s to hoping it’s called “I Love the Naughties.”
Yep, the 9-11 terrorists attacks, 8 years of Bush-Cheney, and a war that is lasting longer than America’s involvement in WWII & probably Viet Nam too,-- uh-ohs indeed.
I’m thinking now though, that this decade will only get a name well into the next decade.
How 'bout Scott?
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I call it the Zeroes. And I think we’ll be saying things like, “Remember the big blackout back in '03?” with '03 pronounced ‘oh three’.
I’ve used ‘twenty fifteen’ for 2015 in conversation and no-one blinked.
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Isn’t it the 00’s (pronounced ooze)?