<<Here's a question...What are we going to call the first years of the
century? Will we say it's "ought-nine" in 2009, or will we say
"oh-nine?" Two-thousand-nine sounds too wordy. What will school
seniors will say..."I'm the class of double-ought!" Hmmm...Maybe
school administration ought to start thinking about this. Imagine the
embarrassment when a graduation ceremony ends with "I give you the
class of...uhhh...double zero!"
Mike "St. Andrews Class 'O '99" Lishego>>
Based on past centuries (well, the last one mostly), 2000 will be referred to
as 'two thousand', and 2001 will be variously referred to as 'o-one', and
perhaps 'ought-one', although that tends to be a bit archaic.
All except Arthur C. Clarke, who if he were still with us would be excused for
saying the whole '2001' each time.
Bill
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