tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post2145019588214070720..comments2024-03-26T05:22:08.256-04:00Comments on Frontloading HQ: Twenty Ten or Two Thousand Ten?Josh Putnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06301836432446874997noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-32569314076106637442009-11-18T08:01:35.496-05:002009-11-18T08:01:35.496-05:00I've heard the decade called the Oh Oh decade....I've heard the decade called the Oh Oh decade. Then again we could call it the Ought Nought decade.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379192575044761972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-21388447497563243072009-11-18T03:37:24.433-05:002009-11-18T03:37:24.433-05:00This controversy might last for a year, but no lon...This controversy might last for a year, but no longer. There's no way that anybody's going to call 2011 "two thousand eleven". That's six syllables! Way too cumbersome. People might be split on what to call 2010, but after that, everyone will start using "twenty-xx" for the rest of the century.astrojobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06643324377144064814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-2329992795813673622009-11-17T21:09:01.858-05:002009-11-17T21:09:01.858-05:00I just had an email back and forth with someone on...I just had an email back and forth with someone on the Two Thousand Ten side. He had a different question: We still don't have a name for this decade. Aughts? Aughties? Two Thousands?<br /><br />And what about next decade? Tens or Teens?<br /><br />Back to the matter at hand, though: What would George Orwell call his book if it was 2084? Or Prince? What would he have called 2099? Of course, partying like it's 2099 doesn't have the same ring to it.<br /><br />I'm going back to the way it was when 1999 left us. The tyranny of this decade will end on 12/31/09.<br /><br />...for me at least. I want my year names back.Josh Putnamhttp://frontloading.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-34234748487294642072009-11-17T20:58:55.382-05:002009-11-17T20:58:55.382-05:00I tend to say Two Thousand Ten, but the Battle of ...I tend to say Two Thousand Ten, but the Battle of Hastings was fought in Ten Sixty-Six. I wonder if my fellow Two Thousand Tenners would do the same.<br /><br />Still, you and Robert are completely right. Since Ten Sixty-Six is standard, I'm sure the fact that some people, like me, say Two Thousand Ten has to do with the fact that the year hasn't come yet and therefore usage has not yet been established.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04365194237710177589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-64630913516772358202009-11-17T20:53:32.610-05:002009-11-17T20:53:32.610-05:00Count me in the Twenty Ten camp. I think the ninet...Count me in the Twenty Ten camp. I think the nineteen Oh Nine versus Two Thousand Nine is what has people hung up. I feel confident that you and I are on the side of history.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379192575044761972noreply@blogger.com