Friday, January 15, 2010
I know it's been a few weeks now, but I found another interesting article about what to name The Decade Formerly Known As 2000-2009: "The Uh-Ohs".

I still haven't made up my mind on what to call it other than not at all liking Britain's "noughties".

Interestingly, this article here has some historical context (mmmm, historical context): in 1933 the Chicago Tribune called 1900-1909 "the Naughty Aughts" - not unlike Britain's current phrase.

In related news, yesterday I caught myself referring to this current year as both "twenty-ten" and "two-thousand-and-ten" - so apparently I'm still wavering on that one, too.

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Monday, January 04, 2010
So now the National Association of Good Grammar has weighed in on what to call this year - they say it should be pronounced 'twenty ten'.

But technically wouldn't there be a hyphen in there? I'd say it should be 'twenty-ten'.

But then what the hell do I know, I still put the period outside of the apostrophe and quotation marks.

Either way read all about it here: "2010: 'Twenty ten' vs. 'two thousand ten'".

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Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Finally! An article about Dubai in the Wall Street Journal that's not about their crushing debt!

"Dubai Faces Higher Terrorism Threat In 2010".

Oh crap.

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