Spectre@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 day agoWhen do we start saying the 00s, the 10s, 20s and 30s? message-squaremessage-square37linkfedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up130arrow-down1message-squareWhen do we start saying the 00s, the 10s, 20s and 30s? Spectre@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 day agomessage-square37linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelettruthout@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoI like calling the 00s the “odds”.
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 day agoThe best name I’ve heard for the 2000s is “the noughties”, as in the plural of nought, zero.
minus-squareBarrelsBallot@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours ago“the noughties” sounds like the british equivalent of what the rest of the world agreed on, I’m not saying that
minus-squarejeffep@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoIf anything, shouldn’t they be the evens?
minus-squarelettruthout@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoIt’s hard to tell if that is a joke or a legitimate question.
I like calling the 00s the “odds”.
The best name I’ve heard for the 2000s is “the noughties”, as in the plural of nought, zero.
“the noughties” sounds like the british equivalent of what the rest of the world agreed on, I’m not saying that
then the teenies
I call them the Noughties
I use 2ks (“tookays”).
What are the odds?
If anything, shouldn’t they be the evens?
the 00’s
It’s hard to tell if that is a joke or a legitimate question.