I'd second that "aughts" (or oughts?) response.  Seems to me I saw a
college yearbook from 1904 that had cheers such as "Aughty-three,
Aughty-three, aughty-three for me!"
Although, if someone suggests another name, I could very easily be
convinced to use it!

On Fri, 20 Oct 1995, Susan Wageman wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Oct 1995, Wendy Wiener wrote:
>
> > I have a rather odd question that no one seems to be able to answer.  What w
ou
>  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 referr
ed
> > to in the twentieth century? Or is that not a relevant question?  Any ideas,
> > please post.
>
> The aughts?
>
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