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Two thousand nine

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cooby Nov 07 2009 09:17 AM

I know we have discussed this before

metirish Nov 07 2009 09:38 AM Re: 2009

[quote="cooby":20u5z50w]I know we have discussed this before[/quote:20u5z50w] in 2008 though I say Two thousand nine actually I say Two thousand [i[and nine

Benjamin Grimm Nov 07 2009 10:02 AM Re: 2009

Yeah, we did. I'm still not sure at what point I'll drop the "thousand." I think I'll stick with it through Two Thousand Twelve, and then switch to Twenty Thirteen.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 07 2009 10:05 AM Re: 2009

The original thread, from Two Thousand Six: http://archives.cranepoolforum.net/4200/f2_t4232.shtml

cooby Nov 07 2009 10:26 AM Re: 2009

Hey! Where has ELster been?

Fman99 Nov 07 2009 10:52 AM Re: 2009

I'm rocking the "Aught 9." But I'm old school like that.

Frayed Knot Nov 07 2009 12:07 PM Re: 2009

I've been going with 'Two Thousand Nine' but I'm already using 'Twenty-Ten' to refer to next year. On a side note, I remember (way back) in the '90s when someone would ask what the next decade would be called the answer was usually along the lines of; 'we'll find out when we get there'. Well now it's 7 weeks from being over and no standard has emerged at all. 'The aughts' just never caught on.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 07 2009 02:22 PM Re: 2009

Yeah, it shows that a decade really doesn't need to be named. I think the next decade may suffer the same fate. Maybe the Teens? I kinda doubt it, though. It seems that only eight out of ten decades end up with names.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 08 2009 09:24 PM Re: 2009

I think I've gone to just saying "oh-nine" and using the century indicator when referring to the 19s or 18s or whatever.