Spectre@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-22 months agoWhen do we start saying the 00s, the 10s, 20s and 30s? message-squaremessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up121arrow-down1message-squareWhen do we start saying the 00s, the 10s, 20s and 30s? Spectre@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-22 months agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelettruthout@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI like calling the 00s the “odds”.
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-22 months agoThe best name I’ve heard for the 2000s is “the noughties”, as in the plural of nought, zero.
minus-squareBarrelsBallot@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months ago“the noughties” sounds like the british equivalent of what the rest of the world agreed on, I’m not saying that
minus-squarelettruthout@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIt’s hard to tell if that is a joke or a legitimate question.
minus-squarejeffep@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIf anything, shouldn’t they be the evens?
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
What are the odds?
the 00’s
It’s hard to tell if that is a joke or a legitimate question.
If anything, shouldn’t they be the evens?
I use 2ks (“tookays”).