dHey, it just occurred to me that this won't really be an issue. Isn't the
world scheduled to end when the millenium does?

On Mon, 23 Oct 1995, C.N.PRIOR wrote:

> I posed the question to a colleague as to why we should need specific names fo
r
> each of the first two decades of a century, who
> quickly responded with the problem that will be faced by record
> publishers with compilation discs such as "Hits of the Nineties",
> when it comes to the best music of 2000 to 2010!  We are talking
> serious matters here!
>
> If we do need to have a name for each decade, then why not invent
> ones for the years 00 to 09 and 10 to 19 such as "Onedec" and Twodec"?
>
> To extend the debate - why are we only asking this question about
> English names?  Could we not seek advice from other language users?
>
> Less than seriously,
> Chris Prior
>