Some of you probably think that the new decade will start next year, but that's the recurring dilemma we have every 10, 100, or 1000 years. In this cartoon by Chris Riddell from The Observer you see the remains of the last decade, called the 'noughties', from 'nought' (and also playing with the word "naughty"). The two teenagers symbolise the new decade. Why? There is currently much debate about what we should call the new decade, and one suggestion is "the teens" (the terrible teens? The terrific teens? Time will tell!) But what do we call the new year? Two thousand and ten? Two thousand ten? Twenty ten? Twenty-o-ten? Two-0-one-0? The Seattle Times has a possible answer, and if you listen to this report from from KCBS in San Francisco you'll find out what some Americans think.
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So my best wishes for the New twenty ten!
And what about two-k-ten? Is it OK? Why not? The main thing is to understand what others want to say?
And referring to the decade, I’m one of those who thinks that the new decade will start next year. But that depends on if you think that the calendar started in the year 0 (“nought”?) or in the year 1. If started in year 1, as I think, then you’d need the year 10 to complete de first decade. If you don’t include the year 10, then that decade had only 9 years, hadn’t it?
Well, that’s my opinion, but I don’t know exactly.
Regards!!
2k10? sounds all right to me! You know I've always been bad at maths, and you are probably right the new decade will be starting next year, but there is something about going from 9 to 0 (i.e. 1999 to 2000) that looks like you are starting something new, whereas going from 2000 to 2001 doesn't really look like things have changed, does it? In spite of the fact that everything is in constant change...
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