2nd January 2010, 10:19 AM
The 2000-aughts? What do we call the first decade of the 20th century? The 19-aughts, I guess?
But yeah, I like twenty-ten for the name of the year. 1066 is referred to as "ten sixty-six" as opposed to "one thousand sixty-six." I was born in nineteen eighty-six, not one thousand nine hundred and eighty-six. (Though in Spanish, I have to refer to the year as mil novecientos ochenta y seis. LAME.)
Happy New Decade to all! (I consider this the beginning of the new decade. Who's to say there's no year 0? I like to say that there is so that our decades/centuries/millennia can span from years ending in 0 to 9 instead of from 1 to 0. 1900-1999 for the twentieth century just looks better than 1901-2000.)
But yeah, I like twenty-ten for the name of the year. 1066 is referred to as "ten sixty-six" as opposed to "one thousand sixty-six." I was born in nineteen eighty-six, not one thousand nine hundred and eighty-six. (Though in Spanish, I have to refer to the year as mil novecientos ochenta y seis. LAME.)
Happy New Decade to all! (I consider this the beginning of the new decade. Who's to say there's no year 0? I like to say that there is so that our decades/centuries/millennia can span from years ending in 0 to 9 instead of from 1 to 0. 1900-1999 for the twentieth century just looks better than 1901-2000.)