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I do tend to say "the XX00s", since it's almost always significantly clearer than "the (XX+1)th century". > There’s no good way to refer to 2000-2009, sorry.
by wavemode 2y ago
I do tend to say "the XX00s", since it's almost always significantly clearer than "the (XX+1)th century".
> There’s no good way to refer to 2000-2009, sorry.
This isn't really an argument against the new convention, since even in the old convention there was no convenient way of doing so.
People mostly just say "the early 2000s" or explicitly reference a range of years. Very occasionally you'll hear "the aughts".
- conception 2y agoThe 2000-2009’s are the aughts!
- buzzy_hacker 2y agoThe noughties!
- hansvm 2y agoYou ought naught to propose such noughts!
- kmoser 2y agoI think you mean "twenty-aughts" (to differentiate them from the nineteen-aughts, 1900-1909).
- jhbadger 2y agoI wonder at what point we can just assume decades belong to the current century. Will "the twenties" in the US always primarily mean Prohibition, flappers, and Al Capone or will it ever mean this decade?
- fragmede 2y agoI say give it 11 years or so for 2020's kids to starting come into age, and twenties babies will refer to babies born in the 2020's and not centenarians.
- Supermancho 2y agohttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/noughties#English https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/noughties#English
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- savanaly 2y agoYou can always just say "the 2000s" for 2000-2010. If the context is such that you might possibly be talking about the far future then I guess "the 2000's" is no longer suitable but how often does that happen in everyday conversation?
- greenbit 2y agoHow about the 20-ohs? Think of how individual years are named. Back in for example 2004, "two thousand and four" was probably the most prevalent style. But "two thousand and .." is kind of a mouthful, even if you omit the 'and' part. Over time, people will find a shorter way. When 2050 arrives, how many people are going to call it "two thousand and fifty"? I'd almost bet money you'll hear it said "twenty fifty". Things already seem to be headed this way. The "twenty ___" style leads to the first ten years being 20-oh-this and 20-oh-that, so there you have it, the 20-ohs. (Yes, pretty much the same thing as 20-aughts, gotta admit)