mid-aughts
sagehen
sagehen at WESTELCOM.COM
Fri Mar 16 01:06:55 UTC 2007
> Chris F Waigl <chris at LASCRIBE.NET>
> >>>>>
>
>On this side of the English-speaking world, "noughties" seems to be
>winning out. Here's a bunch of examples from the Guardian:
>http://xrl.us/vbkp .
>
> <<<<<
>
>Too cute for me, being homophonous with "naughties". I call them the
>"double-ohs".
>
>-- Mark
>[This text prepared with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.]
>
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I'm still holding out for 2KO's.
AM
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