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The decade of 2000-2009, unlike the decades from the [[1920s]] to the [[1990s]], which are called "The Twenties", "The Thirties", "the Forties" and so on, the decade of 2000-2009 has no name because people aren't sure what to call it. <ref>http://www.slate.com/id/2111435/</ref> |
The decade of 2000-2009, unlike the decades from the [[1920s]] to the [[1990s]], which are called "The Twenties", "The Thirties", "the Forties" and so on, the decade of 2000-2009 has no name because people aren't sure what to call it. <ref>http://www.slate.com/id/2111435/</ref> |
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The decade of 2000-2009, unlike the decades from the 1920s to the 1990s, which are called "The Twenties", "The Thirties", "the Forties" and so on, the decade of 2000-2009 has no name because people aren't sure what to call it. [1]
Why the problem started
The reason the current decade has no accepted name is because while 1970, 1980, and 1990 for example logically started a decade of an obvious name, the year 2000 did not.
To make the problem worse, the celebrations of 1999 celebrated the new millennium and century, which didn't technically start until 2001, ignoring the fact that 2000 also meant the end of the 1990s.
To many people, the 2000s is not a decade the same way the decades of the 20th century were - it's just a part of the 21st century, and the years after the 1990s.
Suggested names and their pros and cons
The most common names for the decade of 2000-2009 are the "Two Thousands", which is confusing because it can end in 2009, 2099 or 2999, and the Naughties, popularized by the BBC [2] because they sound like the words "Naughty" (a humorous reason), "Nineties" (to sound like the past decade which the 2000s is culturally almost the same as), and most importantly "Naught", or "zero", as the 2000s is the "zeroes".
As there is no official name for the 2000s, many other names exist.
A 2010 Conclusion?
The 2000s' identity as a decade may lie in how the 2010 New Year is marketed. If the year is pronounced "twenty-ten" and not "two-thousand ten", the term "Two Thousands" may come to be understood only as the decade of 2000 to 2009.
How much Times Square emphasizes the fact 2010 is the beginning of a new decade will also affect people's view of the 2000s, and what they'll be called.
As there is money to be made in a new decade, it is likely the fact will be strongly emphasized in 2009.
See Also
- ^ http://www.slate.com/id/2111435/
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A41988405 BBC uses "naughties"