*************************Orginal Question***************************************************** >> 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 >> [log in to unmask] **************************************************************************** ************************>> Wendy: Might they be called the "oughts", I remember my grandparents refering to 1906 as "ought six" etc.? JK Jeanne M. Keefe * E-mail: [log in to unmask] Graphics Curator * Tel: (518) 276-2727 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Architecture Library Troy, NY 12180