Everybody Hertz

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Mar 2006

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Jun 7, 2006, 07:32 PM
Local time: Jun 7, 2006, 06:32 PM
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How do we call this decade we're living in?
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia
In contrast to the decades from 1920 to 1999, which are called "The Twenties", "The Nineties", and the like; the '00s have had no universally-accepted name. Some refer to the decade as "The Two Thousands", but many find that usage awkward and incorrect for a number of reasons, most notably the fact that, formally, the "Two Thousands" (that is, years whose spoken name begins with the words "two thousand") will last for a thousand years and not just the ten years of the "00" decade. Written in numeral form, the decade can be written either as the "2000s" or as the "'00s". But looking for a name that has the same "feel" as 'The Nineties' or 'The Fifties' has been problematic, especially in the United States.
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So yeah, how are we supposed to call this decade to differentiate it from the ones to come?
Discutan, perritas.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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