Comments on: What Should We Call This Crazy Decade?

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:30:32 +0000

SO . . . .fill in the blank: “The ohs were the ______ decade.”

By: Rube Goldberg

Rube Goldberg — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:52:09 +0000

“Noughties”? That is bad — that looks like it should be pronounced “nuff-tees”.

By: TRAYB

TRAYB — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:58:02 +0000

Thanks for the great comments. I was in a Borders yesterday (after writing this post) and saw a sign that said, “Best Books of the Noughties.”
Which is just … wrong.

By: Pristine

Pristine — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:37:47 +0000

I like “the ohs” since it has a nice ring. I can totally imagine myself referring to this decade 5 years from now as “the ohs”. “The naughties” is just sounds ridiculous I think–when someone mentions it, the first thing I think of isn’t a decade.

By: Deanna

Deanna — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:50:41 +0000

“Aughts” always makes me think of Jethro Bodine. He was a double-naught spy. That’s just how my brain works.

By: Collin H

Collin H — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:29:30 +0000

I’m a fan of the Aught’s myself. There’s an air of importance about it that the beginning of a new millenia deserves.

The “Oh’s” sounds too much like a breakfast cereal.

By: Rube Goldberg

Rube Goldberg — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:35:28 +0000

I like “the naughties” (or “naughty aughties” as I call them) simply because 9 times out of 10 the reaction I get is a grimace that one would have if they smelled a skunk that just rolled in something. It’s good for a chuckle.

I like the idea of the “oh’s”, but perhaps to distinguish this time from the 1900-1910 years, this decade could be called the “uh-oh’s”. So much of the turbulence of this decade (9-11, Katrina, the recession) seemed preventable to the point where whoever was asleep at the switch would wake up, take a look around and immediately say “uh-oh”.

By: ferretrick

ferretrick — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:43:47 +0000

The only place I can ever remember hearing the word Aught before this year was in the Music Man. Which is probalby one of the most dated of musicals. So there you go.