On Sat, 1 Jan 2011, Doug Henwood wrote:
> What are we calling this decade? The Tens?
The Teens. It'll sound better in 2 years.
> The Oughts never caught on, did it?
It didn't last century either, and for the same reason. There's always a much cooler name for the first decade of a new century: the 21st century (in this case, and corresponding for the rest).
Michael