Spectre@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 month agoWhen do we start saying the 00s, the 10s, 20s and 30s? message-squaremessage-square37linkfedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up134arrow-down1message-squareWhen do we start saying the 00s, the 10s, 20s and 30s? Spectre@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 month agomessage-square37linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelettruthout@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoI like calling the 00s the “odds”.
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 month agoThe best name I’ve heard for the 2000s is “the noughties”, as in the plural of nought, zero.
minus-squareBarrelsBallot@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month 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 month agoIf anything, shouldn’t they be the evens?
minus-squarelettruthout@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month 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
“the noughties” sounds like the british equivalent of what the rest of the world agreed on, I’m not saying that
I call them the Noughties
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.
I use 2ks (“tookays”).