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>> I have a rather odd question that no one seems to be able to answer.
>>What wou
>ld
>> 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.
>>
>> Wendy Wiener
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Wendy:

Might they be called the "oughts", I remember my grandparents refering to
1906 as
"ought six" etc.?

JK


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