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Twenty-Ten or Two Thousand Ten
Twenty-Ten 55%  55%  [ 17 ]
Two Thousand Ten 45%  45%  [ 14 ]
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TallyMan
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31 Dec 2009, 7:32 am

Wombat wrote:
At least we have got through the first decade without too much discussion as to whether they should be called the naughts or the aughts.


Nah, it was the naughties. :P

Coming up is twenty ten.

What is the name of the new decade? The tens just doesn't sound right. The logic works for the twenties, thirties right up to the nineties, but not for the decade 2010 to 2019. :?


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31 Dec 2009, 8:13 am

Well, to quote whathisname in 'The Biloxi Blues'
"We were young and it was the best time of our lives,
so, mostly, I just ignored it"


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