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Another ambiguity, though perhaps less important, is that "2000s" could refer to 2000-2999.
by James_K 2y ago
Another ambiguity, though perhaps less important, is that "2000s" could refer to 2000-2999.
- MarkLowenstein 2y agoCould make the convention to say "the twenty hundreds" when referring to [2000, 2100), and "the two thousands" for [2000, 3000).
- kelnos 2y agoI actually really like that! But then how about [2000, 2010)? During the current time period, I expect people are more likely to refer to the decade rather than the century or millennium.
- MarkLowenstein 2y agoI don't have a good solution for that. Perhaps we're finding out why people have come up with weird terms like "naughts" or saying "aught-five".
- whycome 2y agolife in the 20s is weird.
- riffic 2y agoAlternatively: the third millennium.
- lucb1e 2y agoTook me a while to understand what's ambiguous about that. For anyone else, what they're saying is that this often (typically, I guess) refers to 2000-2099 and not the other 900 years.
- kelnos 2y agoNot "another"; the article addresses this, and admits to not having a good solution, aside from just writing out the actual dates as you did.