Neat that they are twins, but this decade will end December 31, 2010. There are ten years in a decade and we just completed the ninth.
Actually that doesn’t work for decades. The 20s were 192X, not 1930. If you were to say this is the 200th decade, you might have a point. But ti doesn’t work like centuries, mainly because we are referring to the date when we say “the sixties” and not “counting” them.
I see your point, but there is many who argue over this point. The neat thing is that they were born in different years.
2000 to 2009 ?
Just curious as to which decade you would assign January 2nd, 2000 to?
Call it what you want, but for the next TEN years, the date will end with 201_, beginning yesterday, and THAT’s a fact.
It’s surprising how many people I have to explain that to.
Yeah, what’s with these “news organizations” that don’t know what a decade is? And we are supposed to trust everything they say? These people are really becoming a laughing-stock.
Sorry folks, but this is technically correct. Simple point of fact. You can argue against it all you want, but it does not change that fact.
What you CAN argue is that the public perception is that we are now in the new decade. That is largely correct, since about this topic, the general public is simply ignorant. Wouldn't be the first time... "irregardless", the babies were born in separate years, so thats cool...