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We have the 20s through the 90s for the decades 1920s to 1990s, but how will we refer back to this decade? We're in the last month of the decade and we still have no name for it.
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Borek said:We will call it decade of PF
Borek said:We will call it decade of PF
lisab said:Time magazine called it the http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1942834-1,00.html" [Broken].
lisab said:Time magazine called it the http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1942834-1,00.html" [Broken].
Astronuc said:Oh 0s.
or
Oh S0s
or
Dumb0s (Zz might like that one)
or
Cheeri0s. :rofl:
jimmysnyder said:Jimmy is a nice name.
I saw that - I'm cancelling my subscription.lisab said:Time magazine called it the http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1942834-1,00.html" [Broken].
All the time. I'm a programmer.Integral said:When you start counting how often do you start with zero rather then 1?
russ_watters said:Good luck with that Integral...I tried to explain it at my Y2K party that we were celebrating a year too soon but it didn't go over well.
DaveC426913 said:All the time. I'm a programmer.
It'll be called The Naughties.
My proudest achievment in all my years of education was when I was awarded a can of Coke by my 7th grade math teacher for winning a bet with him that there was no zero year. I had happened to watch an episode of 3-2-1 Contact on the subject a few days before and called him out when he made an error about it. He never admitted being wrong*, but bought me the soda anyway. I'm counting it as a win.Integral said:I think I saw a light come on in ONE person I talked to. Drives me crazy!
jimmysnyder said:Jimmy is a nice name.
I think that's a reflection on 9/11, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, flare up between Israelis & Palesitinians, the hurricanes (Katrina, Rita, Ike) in US, Typhoon Ingrid (2005) in Australia, other Typhoons between 2001 and 2009 ravaging S.E. Asia and W. Pacific nations, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake & tsunamis (230,000 killed), earthquakes (Gujarat, 2001; Kashmir/N. Pakistan 2005; Sumatran & Saomoa, 2009), 2006 European floods, 2007 Australian floods, 2009 fires in Victoria, Australia (173 fatalities, 414 injured, 1.1 million acres burned, many structures destroyed) and numerous other bushfires in Australia 2001-2009, the global financial crisis, . . . . just to name a few events.lisab said:Time magazine called it the http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1942834-1,00.html" [Broken].
Astronuc said:just to name a few events.
GeorginaS said:Just a few. It's been a bit of a rough start to the century, I'd say.
If that was our test, we should consider ourselves lucky. It wasn't anywhere close to as rough as the '60s or '70s.lisab said:But the last decade...wow. It's been a slog. Maybe that was our test...?
lisab said:I agree, it's been rocky.
I remember talking with a woman who was about my age, just a few weeks before the Y2K "disaster"...she was one of those who was nearly hysterical about it.
I told her I wasn't so worried, every generation gets tested. There was the Great Depression, WWII, the turbulent events of the 60s...but those of us who came of age in the 70s and 80s, we haven't had our test yet. I was confident we'd do just fine.
Well, we all know Y2K was a bust!
But the last decade...wow. It's been a slog. Maybe that was our test...?
As wars go, they don't stack up real well to the wars of the 20th century.Astronuc said:I think that's a reflection on 9/11, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, flare up between Israelis & Palesitinians...
Natural disasters? Really? Only one of those is worth mentioning (the tsunami). None of the rest would probably even register on a top 100 list....the hurricanes (Katrina, Rita, Ike) in US, Typhoon Ingrid (2005) in Australia, other Typhoons between 2001 and 2009 ravaging S.E. Asia and W. Pacific nations, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake & tsunamis (230,000 killed), earthquakes (Gujarat, 2001; Kashmir/N. Pakistan 2005; Sumatran & Saomoa, 2009), 2006 European floods, 2007 Australian floods, 2009 fires in Victoria, Australia (173 fatalities, 414 injured, 1.1 million acres burned, many structures destroyed) and numerous other bushfires in Australia 2001-2009...
Almost as bad as the 1970s!the global financial crisis, . . . ..
The official name for the decade from 2000-2009 is the "2000s" or "the 2000-2009 decade".
The term "aughts" is derived from the Old English word "aught", meaning zero or nothing. It is used to refer to the decade from 2000-2009 because the year 2000 is often represented as "00", similar to how the number zero is represented as "0".
The term "twenty hundreds" is not commonly used to refer to the decade from 2000-2009 because it is not a round number like "the 1900s" or "the 1800s". Also, the term "twenty hundreds" could be confused with the years 2000-2099, which is a much longer time period.
Some other popular names for the decade from 2000-2009 include the "naughties", "zeros", "double-ohs", and "the turn of the century".
It is unlikely that the 2000-2009 decade will have an official name like other decades in history, as it is a relatively recent time period and there is no consensus on a specific name. It is more likely that the decade will continue to be referred to as the "2000s" or "the 2000-2009 decade".