Unlike previous decades, the 2000s have not yet attained a universally accepted name in the English-speaking world.]

Orthographically, the decade can be written as the "2000s" or the " �00s." Some people read "2000s" as "two-thousands," and thus simply refer to the decade as the "two-thousands." Some read it as the "00s" (pronounced "Ohs"). The single years within the decade are usually referred to as starting with an "Oh," such as "Oh-Eight." On January 1, 2000, the BBC listed "The Noughties" (derived from "nought" a word used for zero in many English-speaking countries), as a potential moniker for the new decade. Others advocate the term "The Aughts," which was widely used at the beginning of the previous century, sometimes even combining it with "naught" to put a linguistic twist on the time period, such as "The Naught Aughts" or even "The Naughty Aughties." Slate Magazine puts another humorous twist on the "00s," using the term "Uh-Ohs" in reference to society �s inability to come up with a name.