Spectre@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-28 days agoWhen do we start saying the 00s, the 10s, 20s and 30s? message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-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 · edit-28 days agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelettruthout@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoI like calling the 00s the “odds”.
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-28 days agoThe best name I’ve heard for the 2000s is “the noughties”, as in the plural of nought, zero.
minus-squarejeffep@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 days agoIf anything, shouldn’t they be the evens?
minus-squarelettruthout@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days 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.
then the teenies
I call them the Noughties
I use 2ks (“tookays”).
What are the odds?
If anything, shouldn’t they be the evens?
It’s hard to tell if that is a joke or a legitimate question.