These years?

*Angel*

So we call the 1960s the 60s and there's the 70s, 80s, 90s (and so on) but what the hell are we gonna call the time from 2000-2010 (and thereafter) when we look back on these years.

simu

*Angel* wrote:

So we call the 1960s the 60s and there's the 70s, 80s, 90s (and so on) but what the hell are we gonna call the time from 2000-2010 (and thereafter) when we look back on these years.

Dumb as it sounds, people say "the noughties".

Moi, I refuse to break time into such crude categories.

tSubh Dearg

I believe they're known as the "Noughties". as for after 2010...haven't a clue

LadyJ

Oh people find ways to categorize most anything. It'll probably just be called the early 21stcentury

*Angel*

simu wrote:

Dumb as it sounds, people say "the noughties".

I can't imagine I'll ever call them that, it just doesn't sound right.

Adam

Hear ye! Hear ye!

I hereby proclaim "these years" to be henceforth know as the noughties!

All in favour say aye!

Branoic

I vote for "the first decade", then "the second decade", then "the 20s, 30s, 40s" etc

wheres me jumpa

anyone else think the noughties are flying by?

half way through them already and ive just found out what we call them.

*Angel*

fade_to_grey wrote:

Hear ye! Hear ye!

I hereby proclaim "these years" to be henceforth know as the noughties!

All in favour say aye!

Nay

segadreamcast

I've known what they've been called since 2001 or so - yet I can't find a single reason to use it. What cultural revolution type thing has happened in the last 5 years? Nothing. This has been a dreadfully characterless decade to be honest.

Piste

Well we do have crapfork....

smemon

NoelRock wrote:

I've known what they've been called since 2001 or so - yet I can't find a single reason to use it. What cultural revolution type thing has happened in the last 5 years? Nothing. This has been a dreadfully characterless decade to be honest.

roy keane/mick mc carthy saga.

sep' 11th

intro of euro! :cool: lots of things!!!!!!

LadyJ

NoelRock wrote:

I've known what they've been called since 2001 or so - yet I can't find a single reason to use it. What cultural revolution type thing has happened in the last 5 years? Nothing. This has been a dreadfully characterless decade to be honest.

Eh.... 9/11 mean anything to ya? :rolleyes:

Repli

The Zeroies duh..

StupidLikeAFox

NoelRock wrote:

I've known what they've been called since 2001 or so - yet I can't find a single reason to use it. What cultural revolution type thing has happened in the last 5 years? Nothing. This has been a dreadfully characterless decade to be honest.

Iraq War?
All the events of the palestinian/isreal war?
The coming of Jesus?
(oh **** thats not for 2 more years)

solas

I think th naughties is more apt

billy the squid

Well they might call it "The turn of the century"

but you could go back to the last century to answer that question too. What term was used to describe the years between 1900 and 1910. I guess it would have been the "nineteen hundreds" but the "twenty hundreds" doesnt sound right. So I'm going to go with "the turn of the century."

Now what significant things have happened in this century. well the tsunami for one. It was an even bigger disaster than the california earthquakes of the start of the 20th century.

We have 9/11 which could be compared to the titanic, in that the death toll was in the thousands, although the former was a deliberate event while the latter was accidental. both are equally notworthy events.

funk-you

how bout we just say things like "i remember back in aught 4, or aught 5 i think it was".

Seed

Um, it's retarded either way y'know. Just don't call them anything. Not like anyone cares.

solas

your all naughty children..

Winters

LadyJ wrote:

Eh.... 9/11 mean anything to ya? :rolleyes:

9th November? wtf...?

LadyJ

Winters wrote:

9th November? wtf...?

Winters I love you but for the love of God man,have some sense! :rolleyes:
PS. I hear dave is bald now

Tiffany

I don't say Two-Thousand-and-Noughty-Five (2005), so I'd rather be force fed gravel than use the word "noughties".

LadyJ

Tiffany wrote:

I don't say Two-Thousand-and-Noughty-Five (2005), so I'd rather be force fed gravel than use the word "noughties".

Open wide so cause the noughties have arrived!

Healio

The twenty hundreds is how i will refer to them:
"George W. Bush he was a terrible w**ker of the twenty hundreds"

popinfresh

It's not two thousand and five, it's twenty o' five


Plus, if we call 2030 two thousand and thirty, then the next generation will be confused as to why the last century was different. I.e As far as they'll be concerned

'we're gonna party like it's....one thousand, nine hundred and ninety nine'

I'm all for calling 2010 twenty ten, (It'll catch on )

*Angel*

Winters,

Americans say month/date
whereas we say date/month

funky penguin

Winters wrote:

9th November? wtf...?

Feckin Americans with their backwards calander. Worse than Australia with their backwards seasons.

If this decade is called the naughties, does that mean the next wil be the Oneies/Onies/Wonies/1ies?

funky penguin

*Angel* wrote:

Winters,

Americans say month/date
whereas we say date/month

I think he knows.

popinfresh

it'll be the teenies

funky penguin

Hmmm. I couldn't feel any more dumb right now.

funky penguin

Unless my pants where to drop.

*Angel*

funky penguin wrote:

I think he knows.

Yeah well no harm pointing out how crazy Americans are.

funky penguin

True that.

Winters

Does it even need to be pointed out these days?

pickarooney

La Belle Epoque - the return

Steveire

Teenies or just teens. But i can't really see it coming up for a few years yet. until we're talking about "back in the noughties".