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The 'oughts' seems so old though. It has to be more futuristic and
postive. But well probably end up with something pedestrian like 'oh' or
'zero'.
On Fri, 20 Oct 1995, Jeanne Keefe wrote:
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> 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) an
d
> >> 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
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> >> please post.
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> >> Wendy Wiener
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> Wendy:
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> Might they be called the "oughts", I remember my grandparents refering to
> 1906 as
> "ought six" etc.?
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> JK
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