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lastlib

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10. After Y2K, some co-workers of mine got a discussion going....
Sat Dec 21, 2019, 12:57 AM
Dec 2019

about what to call the new decade. In the last century, we had the Twenties, the Thirties, the Forties,....Nineties.... Nobody could come up with any good ideas. I joined the discussion and promptly came up with "the Aughties"! As in "twenty-aught-one," "twenty-aught-two," "twenty-aught-three," etc. All those young pups had never heard of zero referred to as "aught".

So what did we decide to call the next decade, from 2010 to 2019? Easy--"the Teenies"!

New Decade begins: [View all] kairos12 Dec 2019 OP
2020 is my vote.😇 virgogal Dec 2019 #1
It depends on which calender you use... Newest Reality Dec 2019 #2
Maybe we start one kairos12 Dec 2019 #3
This Wawannabe Dec 2019 #8
🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥 Wawannabe Dec 2019 #4
Now, that is a food fight!! kairos12 Dec 2019 #5
Dog really got into it at the end Wawannabe Dec 2019 #7
current calendar? 2021 Orangepeel Dec 2019 #6
Way too true! kairos12 Dec 2019 #9
After Y2K, some co-workers of mine got a discussion going.... lastlib Dec 2019 #10
There's no Year 0 to start a decade. Totally Tunsie Dec 2019 #11
Not fighting, elleng Dec 2019 #12
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