Welcome to the... uh...

Happy New Year Readers!

Welcome to the decade full of promise, from the rumours of Apple releasing the iSlate, a tablet computer, to a new actor taking up the role of The Doctor. 2010 is bringing all sorts of changes to the world around us.

We often enjoy to look back on the past and smile fondly at the Swingin' Sixties, dance to the music of the Seventies and shudder at the "fashion" of the Eighties. We remember the Nineties fondly and now we can look back on the... uh...

Noughties? *wince*

Seriously, who thought of THAT?

The BBC has a discussion on exactly that problem, as they too cast their eyes forward. Not only has this past decade gone without a decent name, but what will this oncoming one be called?

"... The first problem in the search to name the next decade is that the decade just past never really had one.

In 1999 and 2000, various terms were floated. The "twenty-hundreds" and the "Os" never hit the mark and the "double Os" and the "nillies" also sank without trace.

Only the "noughties" really gained any currency... [more]"

I'm warning you journalists. Come up with a stupid name like the 'Teenies' for this coming decade and I will rant. And you DON'T want that.

I'll be watching you (read my blog)
~Epsilon out