2000s Name Problem

The decade of 2000-2009, unlike the decades from the 1920s to the 1990s, which are called "The Twenties", "The Thirties", "the Forties" and so on, the decade of 2000-2009 has no name because people aren't sure what to call it. [http://www.slate.com/id/2111435/]

Why the problem started

While the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s for example had a universal name due to the last numbers being the name whereas the current decade 2000s does not.

To make the problem more problematic, the celebrations of 1999 celebrated the new millennium and century, which didn't technically start until 2001, ignoring the fact that 2000 also meant the end of the 1990sClarifyme|date=October 2008.

To some peopleWho|date=October 2008, the 2000s is not a decade the same way the decades of the 20th century were - it's just a part of the 21st century, and the years after the 1990sClarifyme|date=October 2008.

uggested names and their pros and cons

The most common names for the decade of 2000-2009 are the "Two Thousands", which is confusing because it can end in 2009, 2099 or 2999, and the Noughties, popularized by the BBC [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/02/99/e-cyclopedia/585224.stm BBC uses "naughties"] because they sound like the words "Naughty", "Nineties" (to sound like the past decade which the 2000s is culturally almost the same as), and most importantly "Nought", or "zero", as the 2000s is the "zeroes".

As there is no official name for the 2000s, many other names exist.

A 2010 Conclusion?

The 2000s' identity as a decade may lie in how the 2010 New Year is marketedClarifyme|date=October 2008. If the year is pronounced "twenty-ten" and not "two-thousand ten", the term "Two Thousands" may come to be understood only as the decade of 2000 to 2009.

ee also

*2000s
*Y2K
*2010