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Grammar and Linguistics > erm, what decade are we in?
erm, what decade are we in?
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wolfy
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erm, what decade are we in?
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No, I haven �t lost my memory.
1960 �s, 1970 �s etc...
But what do we call this decade?
I �ve been out of the UK for some time so what �s being used. �There were several options on wiki about it, but could people from england tell me which is the most popular. �Thx.
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3 Jun 2009
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douglas
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Wolfy, I have no idea what we call it, that �s a good question--I personally still consider it "the turn of the century" like it always said in my history books when they were talking about the the years around the century. |
3 Jun 2009
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I �m in America but it �s the "noughties", nought being used for zero. You �ll hear occassionally that it is two thousand nought nine. Here we pronounce it like (nawties) instead of the British English (nowtys). I suppose it can also be spelt "naught". More commonly in the USA, if you can call it common, is the 2000 �s. "The turn of the century" is used, more for the 1900 �s. Being sarcastic: I think the "naughtys" would be perfect! |
3 Jun 2009
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ballycastle1
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Yes, it �s noughties in the UK, but I �ve never hear it pronounced �nowtys �; rather, it �s n ɔ:tɪz, as you would say in the US. |
3 Jun 2009
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Jayho
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Think global crisis - think recession - what is more apt than the double owes! |
4 Jun 2009
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wolfy
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ballycastle is that noughties pronounce like this:�
(as in naughty)
thx all for your help. �Too long away from old blighty.
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4 Jun 2009
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