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My theory, by the way, was that by anticipating debate, and highlighting that to people, it would then fail to occur, because people would get their impulse to respond satisfied by clicking "Yes".
Of course, this comment probably negates that :->
Of course, this comment probably negates that :->
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My work doesn't have holidays or days off. Or a wage.
I want to change my answer to Twenty Eleven! :(
Go click on the poll number at the top of the poll, and then on "fill out poll" on the page that takes you to.
My work doesn't appear to want anyone there. Started holidays on the 21st of December and back on the 10th of January. :)
> Two Thousand Eleven
WRONG WRONG WRONG Americans.
> Now that they're over, the previous decade will be referred to as...
You forgot to ask people whether they think the decade ended last Saturday or last year...
WRONG WRONG WRONG Americans.
> Now that they're over, the previous decade will be referred to as...
You forgot to ask people whether they think the decade ended last Saturday or last year...
Oops, my mistake on the second point.
Not as wrong as "Twenteleven" which is the other variant I've heard.
Even though we've only just started the 210th decade of the Anno Domini, we've definitely been out of the noughties since 2010 reared its ugly head. Otherwise surely 2000 was in the 90s, which is silly as the word 90s implies there's a 9 in the title.
I mean, when you hit 30 you're in your 30s...you're certainly not in your 20s.
I remember a link some while back saying the same thing that swung my vote. You can start a decade whenever you like. Just because the first decade began with the year 1, doesn't mean you have to start counting all future decades from that. A decade is just a serial grouping of 10 years.
I mean, when you hit 30 you're in your 30s...you're certainly not in your 20s.
I remember a link some while back saying the same thing that swung my vote. You can start a decade whenever you like. Just because the first decade began with the year 1, doesn't mean you have to start counting all future decades from that. A decade is just a serial grouping of 10 years.
My first day of doing-work-that-I-get-paid-for was on the 27th, but my first day back in the workplace will probably be the 5th.
Question: How is it any more wrong than Brits saying "Twenty one" rather than "Twenty-and-one" (like they do in France)?
Or indeed, 'Four hundred twenty and one' like they do in France. Though in France it's only the -1 that gets an 'and'. It's 'vingt-deux'.
But it just is! :p
But it just is! :p
I picked "noughties" out of that list, though I personally would have voted for "aughts" if it had been on there.
Oops, yes I did mean the 201st :)
Must remember that to divide by ten you remove the lowest value 0, not just any random one of your choosing.
Must remember that to divide by ten you remove the lowest value 0, not just any random one of your choosing.
In my opinion, we're doing fine without an agreement on what constitutes a decade, and what to call 2000-2010ish, and we should not worry about it :)
I call arbitrary and pointless. There's nothing more wrong with 'Two thousand eleven' than there is with 'aluminum'.
Aye, we make this time up, so we can largely decide what we want. These days, for years, I tend to count by significant digit, so when we went from 2009 into 2010, new decade right there. No-one ever tried to claim 1990 was in the 80s...
I like Eric Hobsbawn's solution - the century breaks didn;t fit the stories he was telling, so he invented 'the long 19th century'
Two of the questions in the poll were "Now that they're over, the previous decade will be referred to as..." and "Question 3 was a year late" implying that it was questionable as to whether the noughties (or whatever you chose to call it) ended as we hit Jan 1st 2010 or 2011.
If it ended on Jan 1st 2011 then that would imply 2010 was in the noughties, which would be ridiculous as that would imply that 1990 was in the 80s (or 2000 wasn't in either decade or the time span dictated by the noughties wasn't 10 years).
60% of people (at time of replying) have said No to question 4, implying that 2011 is the turn of the decade. 53.8% of people suggested that the decade was called the noughties, which means at least 13.8% of people (probably more) think that 2010 was in the noughties. In which case the noughties spanned 11 years or 2000 was in the 90s (or not in any decade), pushing 1990 into the 80s.
I'm sure if you asked them if that's what they thought they'd answer "no", but it was strongly implied :)
If it ended on Jan 1st 2011 then that would imply 2010 was in the noughties, which would be ridiculous as that would imply that 1990 was in the 80s (or 2000 wasn't in either decade or the time span dictated by the noughties wasn't 10 years).
60% of people (at time of replying) have said No to question 4, implying that 2011 is the turn of the decade. 53.8% of people suggested that the decade was called the noughties, which means at least 13.8% of people (probably more) think that 2010 was in the noughties. In which case the noughties spanned 11 years or 2000 was in the 90s (or not in any decade), pushing 1990 into the 80s.
I'm sure if you asked them if that's what they thought they'd answer "no", but it was strongly implied :)
We don't need a term for that decade now, because we can just say 'the last decade'. It's ten or twenty years from now, when people looking back over recent history want to talk about the trends that happened in that decade as opposed to the ones in the surrounding decades, that they'll start needing a less relative name for it.
(Which doesn't contradict your point, of course, that we can ignore the question for now and let people worry about it as and when it actually becomes a problem for them.)
(Which doesn't contradict your point, of course, that we can ignore the question for now and let people worry about it as and when it actually becomes a problem for them.)
True, good point, but I guess my point is (a) if there were a widely acceptable name, we would probably have found it by now, as people have been asking the question on and off all decade and so (b) it's probably less effort to muddle through than to look for a decent answer. I think that's roughly what we did a hundred years ago?
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