tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post6843583599811381868..comments2024-03-25T05:23:41.171-04:00Comments on Bilbo's Random Thought Collection: Farewell to the ... uh ... Aughts?Bilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14213505386288233192noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-26881252923716361422009-12-30T02:33:33.674-05:002009-12-30T02:33:33.674-05:00Naughties is good, but in many ways it feels more ...Naughties is good, but in many ways it feels more like the nasties have taken over.<br /><br />Nice blog!<br /><br />Aine<br />theevolvingspirit.blogspot.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-32079818706463865352009-12-29T10:01:48.584-05:002009-12-29T10:01:48.584-05:00Katherine - good call!
Leslie - Agnes knows all a...Katherine - good call!<br /><br />Leslie - Agnes knows all about it. She's just glad I've gotten over Brooke Shields.<br /><br />Mike - it IS a useful expression!<br /><br />John - har, de har-har-har!<br /><br />Andrea - there's a little naughty in all of us...<br /><br />Scottie - wow! You even have a "naughty aughties" website...how cool is that? http://naughtyaughties.com/Bilbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14213505386288233192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-53952397999679071902009-12-28T20:02:10.142-05:002009-12-28T20:02:10.142-05:00The only NUMERICAL & MNEMONICALLY correct phra...The only NUMERICAL & MNEMONICALLY correct phrases to name the century's first decade are AUGHTIES, NAUGHTIES, NAUGHTS, AUGHTS or NAUGHTY AUGHTIES.<br /><br />A few suggestions use one or more specific events that occurred during the decade. They will probably never be used from a radio and broadcasting point of view because they do not encompass this whole decade and they aren't pleasing to the ear. Radio stations introduce their programming along the lines of “Music from the 80s, 90s and Today”. Soon, they’ll be replacing it with “Music from the 90s (NineTIES), ______TIES and Today”. The best choices contain either AUGHTIES, NAUGHTIES, NAUGHTY AUGHTIES, NAUGHTS or AUGHTS. Using events usually requires one to use adages like "The Age of" or "Era" which is more descriptive of a time period, not necessarily an actual decade. There is a huge difference between what a decade is "remembered for" versus what a decade is "referred to as". The suggestions reported on your show (Age of Confusion, , Era of Misplaced Anxiety, Decade of Disruptions, North goes South, etc) do NOT pass this simple litmus test. Any suggestion that would require you to be a history buff in the future, shouldn't even be considered.<br /><br />The media needs to embrace the only viable choice from a NUMERICAL & MNEMONICAL point of view. The first decade of previous generations did not have this sense of urgency as mass marketing really didn't exist. The mass marketing concept was introduced to the public with the advent of radio broadcasting of the mid 1920's (Roaring Twenties) and heightened in the 1940's with television accessibility.Scottie Phttp://www.namedecade.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-21578723776983053092009-12-28T18:35:28.758-05:002009-12-28T18:35:28.758-05:00I like the Naughties too :)I like the Naughties too :)The Mistress of the Darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16923975714269274370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-23044034608348859202009-12-28T17:29:05.490-05:002009-12-28T17:29:05.490-05:00Does that mean on New Year's Eve we'll be ...Does that mean on New Year's Eve we'll be singing <i>Aught Lang Syne</i>?John A Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777330742400065045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-57018691559630966932009-12-28T13:39:14.815-05:002009-12-28T13:39:14.815-05:00At the rate things are going this could be the OH ...At the rate things are going this could be the OH OH century.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017192454403363349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-92032262474638350632009-12-28T09:54:32.660-05:002009-12-28T09:54:32.660-05:00Naughties is good--enough bad stuff happened, didn...Naughties is good--enough bad stuff happened, didn't it? And we had such high hopes for the 21st century. <br /><br />Christina Applegate and Alyssa Milano? Agnes would kick your butt!Leslie Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-29531310256062680142009-12-28T06:55:59.856-05:002009-12-28T06:55:59.856-05:00I agree with you--the "naughties"!I agree with you--the "naughties"!KKTSewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14300483956686864167noreply@blogger.com