The 1960's were obviously known as "the sixties", the 1970's as "the seventies" etc, but what do we call the next decade:

the zeros? the twenty zeros? the 20 hundreds (like the 19 hundreds or does this refer to the entire century) or what? the decade 2010-2019 will be similarly difficult to name. The 20 tens? When we get to the 2020's well that's easy.

-- Sir Richard (richard.dale@unum.co.uk), December 29, 1999

Answers

We call it quits.

-- Risteard Mac Thomais (uachtaran@ireland.com), December 29, 1999.

Risteard,

LOL!!!

-- Ludi (ludi@rollin.com), December 29, 1999.

Can there be any choice?

The... OUGHTS.

Double meaning -

- "zero" (as in double-ought, ought-one etc.), and

- "should" (as in ought to have bought more beans).

-- Linda (lwmb@psln.com), December 29, 1999.

The nought-ies

-- number six (!@!.com), December 29, 1999.

The oh-oh's.

-- Mikey2k (mikey2k@he.wont.eat.it), December 29, 1999.

The AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHH's

-- Dennis (djolson@pressenter.com), December 29, 1999.

The Double-Aughts as in "I'd like some more 12ga Double-Aught 2 3/4 inch shells please!".

-TECH32-

-- TECH32 (TECH32@NOMAIL.COM), December 29, 1999.

The "double-oughts"...as in the kind of buckshot to use...

-- Mad Monk (madmonk@hawaiian.net), December 29, 1999.