Comments on: Our Nameless Decade: What “Aught” We Call It? http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Wed, 22 May 2013 12:48:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Joe http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-310014 Joe Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:44:32 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-310014 I've been reading about the (a/o)ught and n(a/o)ught out of curiosity, which therefore makes me dislike the last suggestion of the "aughts." I haven't ever heard it here, but I believe it should be the noughts, or zeros, rather than naughts (nothings) or aughts (anythings.) I’ve been reading about the (a/o)ught and n(a/o)ught out of curiosity, which therefore makes me dislike the last suggestion of the “aughts.” I haven’t ever heard it here, but I believe it should be the noughts, or zeros, rather than naughts (nothings) or aughts (anythings.)

]]> By: Carlo http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-210783 Carlo Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:31:12 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-210783 It would really be nice if we could have a common pronoun to substitute for 'he' or 'she'. It would really be nice if we could have a common pronoun to substitute for ‘he’ or ‘she’.

]]> By: » Red Cross Wish List: 2010 http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-156085 » Red Cross Wish List: 2010 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:21:14 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-156085 [...] 2009 and “the double ohs” decade closed, many reflected on our world’s progress in the last year. While browsing [...] [...] 2009 and “the double ohs” decade closed, many reflected on our world’s progress in the last year. While browsing [...]

]]> By: Ryan Guerra http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-156072 Ryan Guerra Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:40:23 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-156072 Randy, thanks for your input. Funny you should take a strong stance against the unies and the decies. Take a look at wikipedia's page on Numerical Prefix. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_prefix Both uni and deci is mentioned. Randy, thanks for your input.

Funny you should take a strong stance against the unies and the decies. Take a look at wikipedia’s page on Numerical Prefix.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_prefix

Both uni and deci is mentioned.

]]> By: paula http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-156026 paula Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:48:16 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-156026 It should be called the teenies It should be called the teenies

]]> By: Common Sense http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-156013 Common Sense Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:09:11 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-156013 Be serious - whilst you are technically correct are you telling me that most people (if you asked them) would include 1990 in the "eighties" ? We've all shifted by one year - get over it! Happy New Year! Be serious – whilst you are technically correct are you telling me that most people (if you asked them) would include 1990 in the “eighties” ? We’ve all shifted by one year – get over it!

Happy New Year!

]]> By: Accurate Chronometer http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-155974 Accurate Chronometer Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:17:57 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-155974 1.The 100th year of the 20th Century and last year of the 2nd Millennium was definitely and indisputably 2000. 2.The 1st year of the first decade of the 21st Century and of the 3rd Millennium was definitely and indisputably 2001 - obviously. The clue is in the number '1'. 3.The 10th and last year of the first decade of the 21st century will be 2010 - obviously. The clue is in the number '10'. 4.The last day of the first decade of the 21st century and 3rd millennium will definitely and indisputably be December 31st 2010. There is an ongoing concerted and fraudulent effort by the BBC and other major media players to deny these facts for cynical commercial branding and packaging purposes. This is an abuse of their position of information stream control domination. Clear thinkers will ignore them and respect and express true and honest chronological facts and conventions. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,and one more to go… This survey clearly shows it so: http://management.about.com/gi/pages/poll.htm?linkback=http%3A%2F%2Fmanagement.about.com%2Fb%2F2009%2F11%2F25%2Fwhen-does-the-decade-really-end.htm&poll_id=9160570248&poll=2 1.The 100th year of the 20th Century and last year of the 2nd Millennium was definitely and indisputably 2000.

2.The 1st year of the first decade of the 21st Century and of the 3rd Millennium was definitely and indisputably 2001 – obviously. The clue is in the number ’1′.

3.The 10th and last year of the first decade of the 21st century will be 2010 – obviously. The clue is in the number ’10′.

4.The last day of the first decade of the 21st century and 3rd millennium will definitely and indisputably be December 31st 2010.

There is an ongoing concerted and fraudulent effort by the BBC and other major media players to deny these facts for cynical commercial branding and packaging purposes. This is an abuse of their position of information stream control domination.

Clear thinkers will ignore them and respect and express true and honest chronological facts and conventions.

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,and one more to go…
This survey clearly shows it so:

http://management.about.com/gi/pages/poll.htm?linkback=http%3A%2F%2Fmanagement.about.com%2Fb%2F2009%2F11%2F25%2Fwhen-does-the-decade-really-end.htm&poll_id=9160570248&poll=2

]]> By: Joe http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-155842 Joe Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:39:09 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-155842 I can only report what I hear,and as ugly as it sounds, I only hear "Oh-somthing". Not very commercial sounding, the Oh Somthings. I can only report what I hear,and as ugly as it sounds, I only hear “Oh-somthing”.
Not very commercial sounding, the Oh Somthings.

]]> By: mujahidul http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-155524 mujahidul Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:01:20 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-155524 I think we should call it, 2star or dual-star decade.. Explanation: 2 represent 2000 star is short for "start" therefore start decade of year 2000 I think we should call it, 2star or dual-star decade..

Explanation:
2 represent 2000
star is short for “start”
therefore start decade of year 2000

]]> By: Tony http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-154226 Tony Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:45:20 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-154226 The Oze. The Oze.

]]> By: randy frushour http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-152659 randy frushour Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:43:45 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-152659 There is no word such as "decies". Sorry Ryan, and the Unies in our decade and all decades except the 1st one 2000 years ago are are pre-fixed by or with zeroes, which was and is the concern. Here are some words the dictionary suggests. Deices Decius Decius Deuces De ices Dices De-ices Decize Deicers Dexies Deuces DCIS Darcies Fecies Dices ECIES Decides Desis Deciles Duces Decimes Ducis Dexies Deioces DCIS Deciet Decius' Delices Daces Deise Duces Deci De icers Dies De-icers De Es Deicer's Deci- Deicers' Deuce's Deuces' Darcies' Defies Demies Denies Dice's Dicers Dices' Deuses Deeses Duci's Delices Decease Devices Deceives Deciders Decile's Deciles' Decime's There is no word such as “decies”. Sorry Ryan, and the Unies in our decade and all decades except the 1st one 2000 years ago are are pre-fixed by or with zeroes, which was and is the concern. Here are some words the dictionary suggests.
Deices Decius
Decius Deuces
De ices Dices
De-ices Decize
Deicers Dexies
Deuces DCIS
Darcies Fecies
Dices ECIES
Decides Desis
Deciles Duces
Decimes Ducis
Dexies Deioces
DCIS Deciet
Decius’ Delices
Daces Deise
Duces Deci
De icers Dies
De-icers De Es
Deicer’s Deci-
Deicers’
Deuce’s
Deuces’
Darcies’
Defies
Demies
Denies
Dice’s
Dicers
Dices’
Deuses
Deeses
Duci’s
Delices
Decease
Devices
Deceives
Deciders
Decile’s
Deciles’
Decime’s

]]> By: Ryan Guerra http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-149367 Ryan Guerra Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:20:20 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-149367 Well, Biscayne Lady Yacht Charters is going to support a New Year's Eve Cruise dedicated to the end of the Unies and the beginning of the Decies. So good luck with your name but I will be celebrating a New Year's Cruise instyle. <a href="http://www.biscaynelady.com/index.php?utm_source=Blog.OUP&utm_medium=Posting&utm_campaign=New+Years+Eve" rel="nofollow">Biscayne Lady</a> Well, Biscayne Lady Yacht Charters is going to support a New Year’s Eve Cruise dedicated to the end of the Unies and the beginning of the Decies.

So good luck with your name but I will be celebrating a New Year’s Cruise instyle.

Biscayne Lady

]]> By: Scott Pedersen http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-149086 Scott Pedersen Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:32:18 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-149086 Naught & Aught both imply zero and are the only numerically and numonically correct choices. When listening to the radio.... now playing music of the EightTIES, NineTIES, aughTIES and today... it is the only one from a marketing standpoint that makes sense. Naught & Aught both imply zero and are the only numerically and numonically correct choices.

When listening to the radio…. now playing music of the EightTIES, NineTIES, aughTIES and today… it is the only one from a marketing standpoint that makes sense.

]]> By: Ryan Guerra http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-148949 Ryan Guerra Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:08:38 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-148949 Don't forget about the Twenty-Unies and the Twenty-Decies. The years between 2010 through 2019 is called the Decies. Deci means ten such as decimal place. Don’t forget about the Twenty-Unies and the Twenty-Decies. The years between 2010 through 2019 is called the Decies. Deci means ten such as decimal place.

]]> By: randy frushour http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-147626 randy frushour Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:42:27 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-147626 Revise It doesn’t matter how one approaches wikipedia on a or, the “20 zeros decade name” contest (winner), regardless it’s only important to lexicographers, they do not and will not accept an edit from my camp. The chief editor there confronted me online once and suggested I don’t edit over top of wiki comments as because I have my own website. I tried today again with a local members loggin account to be of help but they smelled my prints all over it I suppose. All I suggested was they clarify the matter as naming or titling the decade alha-numerically and of course we’re speaking of the first decade of this 21st century. I even admited, “to date, there seems to be more popular votes as for the span of years being years 2000 through 2009" while, technically and literally these years 2001 through 2010 are the historical years of menttion as because there was no year zero AD, BC or otherwise and no previous decade had nine years as they once suggested may have been. I am releasing in 2010, if all goes well a series of united states epochs rising literature and will first publish this matter no doubt. If they get more dignified with their final editing of at the least here “this decade name issue” I’ll leave them alone or elsewise I am going to give them the “call to carpet” treatment big time. There are whole blogs and websites even that request followers to petition in to dismantle their disgraced project. They like Yahoo! just need new people in the lead. Revise It doesn’t matter how one approaches wikipedia on a or, the “20 zeros decade name” contest (winner), regardless it’s only important to lexicographers, they do not and will not accept an edit from my camp. The chief editor there confronted me online once and suggested I don’t edit over top of wiki comments as because I have my own website. I tried today again with a local members loggin account to be of help but they smelled my prints all over it I suppose. All I suggested was they clarify the matter as naming or titling the decade alha-numerically and of course we’re speaking of the first decade of this 21st century. I even admited, “to date, there seems to be more popular votes as for the span of years being years 2000 through 2009″ while, technically and literally these years 2001 through 2010 are the historical years of menttion as because there was no year zero AD, BC or otherwise and no previous decade had nine years as they once suggested may have been. I am releasing in 2010, if all goes well a series of united states epochs rising literature and will first publish this matter no doubt. If they get more dignified with their final editing of at the least here “this decade name issue” I’ll leave them alone or elsewise I am going to give them the “call to carpet” treatment big time. There are whole blogs and websites even that request followers to petition in to dismantle their disgraced project. They like Yahoo! just need new people in the lead.

]]> By: Ryan Guerra http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-146144 Ryan Guerra Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:59:14 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-146144 The Unies! The years between 0 & 9 are only one digit and uni means one. Unicycle, unicorn. It also is a pre-fix that means to make one. University is a bunch of colleges. Uniformity. This word works for the weather, ages and numbers. For example, "Temperatures are getting cold, in the low to mid-unies." or "I'm in my thirties and my little sister is in her unies" or "Kobe Bryant's rebound average fell to the upper-unies" Check out three videos on you tube: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLubdUKHipg" rel="nofollow">Good Morning Columbia</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHUao09r8fg" rel="nofollow">WLTX</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBufsft03kE" rel="nofollow">New York City </a> The Unies! The years between 0 & 9 are only one digit and uni means one. Unicycle, unicorn. It also is a pre-fix that means to make one. University is a bunch of colleges. Uniformity. This word works for the weather, ages and numbers. For example, “Temperatures are getting cold, in the low to mid-unies.” or “I’m in my thirties and my little sister is in her unies” or “Kobe Bryant’s rebound average fell to the upper-unies” Check out three videos on you tube: Good Morning Columbia, WLTX, New York City

]]> By: Jeffery Ewener http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-109089 Jeffery Ewener Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:38:57 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-109089 The reason we don't have a word for the current decade is that we haven't yet needed one. It's the 21st century, the new millennium, whatever. In 4 years' time, in 2011, suddenly we will need a word, in order to distinguish the decade we will then be in from the decade, this one, which we will have just finished. Ha! And they laughed when I learned the future perfect tense! The reason we don’t have a word for the current decade is that we haven’t yet needed one. It’s the 21st century, the new millennium, whatever. In 4 years’ time, in 2011, suddenly we will need a word, in order to distinguish the decade we will then be in from the decade, this one, which we will have just finished.

Ha! And they laughed when I learned the future perfect tense!

]]> By: Ozzie Maland http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-109059 Ozzie Maland Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:17:07 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-109059 I like "the Jugger-Noughts" as in this OED cite: 1883 Standard 3 Sept. 4/6 (Stanf.) Practical politics, that Revolutionary Juggernaut that grinds us all under its car. The ultra-warrior bloc has been grinding the whole world under its car this decade. -- Aloha ~~~ Ozzie Maland ~~~ San Diego I like “the Jugger-Noughts” as in this OED cite:

1883 Standard 3 Sept. 4/6 (Stanf.) Practical politics, that Revolutionary Juggernaut that grinds us all under its car.

The ultra-warrior bloc has been grinding the whole world under its car this decade.
–
Aloha ~~~ Ozzie Maland ~~~ San Diego

]]> By: TC http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-109003 TC Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:01:49 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/12/aught/#comment-109003 I say "the aughts." Everyone I know (that bothers) does. I thought everyone did. I had no idea this was a matter of debate. I say “the aughts.” Everyone I know (that bothers) does. I thought everyone did. I had no idea this was a matter of debate.

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