In article <[log in to unmask]>, Wendy Wiener
<[log in to unmask]> says:
>
>I have a rather odd question that no one seems to be able to answer.  What
would
>the years 2000-2009 be called?  Since we live now in the 90's (nineties) and
>last decade was the 80's (eighties), what would the next decade be called?  I
>have asked many people and no one seems to know.  What was the decade referred
>to in the twentieth century? Or is that not a relevant question?  Any ideas,
>please post.
>

I always refer to the 1900-1909 period as the "oughts", as in "19 ought 2"


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