# So, how did that Y2K debate end? The one on what to call this decade? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 23, 2001, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-did-that-y2k-debate-end-the-one-on-what-to-call-this-decade/89016 "2001-10-23T03:25:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wild\_Card](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wild\_Card](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wild_Card)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2001, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-did-that-y2k-debate-end-the-one-on-what-to-call-this-decade/89016/1 "2001-10-23T03:25:44Z")
So, how did that Y2K debate end? The one on what to call this decade? Here’s 2002 coming up and I’m not clear if any answer has emerged. In '90 we could instantly talk about '90s cars and '90s music. What have _you_ been calling this decade? The 2000’s? The Naughts? Ought One? The radio stations I listen to fudge with “Music from the 80’s, 90’s and Today” Will it be “Today” for all ten years because we can’t make up our minds? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2001, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-did-that-y2k-debate-end-the-one-on-what-to-call-this-decade/89016/2 "2001-10-23T13:24:58Z")
[Here’s](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_263b.html) what Cecil had to say. No definite answers. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2001, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-did-that-y2k-debate-end-the-one-on-what-to-call-this-decade/89016/3 "2001-10-23T13:27:13Z")
I’m sticking with The Naughties. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-did-that-y2k-debate-end-the-one-on-what-to-call-this-decade/89016/4 "2001-10-26T07:23:22Z")
You said it yourself, or almost: The 2Ks. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-did-that-y2k-debate-end-the-one-on-what-to-call-this-decade/89016/5 "2001-10-26T08:05:00Z")
So far I’ve only used ‘this decade’ but only like … once. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-did-that-y2k-debate-end-the-one-on-what-to-call-this-decade/89016/6 "2001-10-26T08:10:04Z")
drat, hit enter prematurely … and I think that’s basically the approach people are taking. Everybody’s waiting for someone else to name it so they can move on. While we’re are it what is the next decade again? Not the teens is it? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-did-that-y2k-debate-end-the-one-on-what-to-call-this-decade/89016/7 "2001-10-26T08:19:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Osiris \* > \*\*drat, hit enter prematurely > > … and I think that’s basically the approach people are taking. Everybody’s waiting for someone else to name it so they can move on.\*\* It’s the 2Ks. Move on. \*\* > [@](#): > > While we’re are it what is the next decade again? Not the teens is it? \*\* The 2-10s. Or two-tens.