On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, John Higginbotham wrote:
> Is it just me or do the 90's seem like the 70's and 80's combined with all
> the really cool stuff left out?
>
> Speaking of decades, after the year 2000 bug totally obliterates all known
> forms of biological life on the planet, What will we call the first decade?
> I know I can type it as: "You know, the 00's really suck!" But how the heck
> are we supposed to pronounce it? I think I have stumbled upon an even
> bigger problem than the Y2k problem was ever forseen as!
Well, older southern men in the US used to say, for example, "19 ot 6"
for 1906. So I guess we could revive that in 2006 and say "20 ot 6". But
this has nothing to do with the original question.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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