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SYRFox · 12.15.2009, 12:36 PM

Yes
But the 00s is 2000-2009. The 2010s will be 2010-2019
The 0000s was 01-09 (yeah, only nine years: the label "xx's" does not refer properly to a decade but just to the years ending in xx!) , the 0010s was 10-19, etc.

12.15.2009, 12:36 PM	#31
SYRFox invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris Posts: 7,492	Yes But the 00s is 2000-2009. The 2010s will be 2010-2019 The 0000s was 01-09 (yeah, only nine years: the label "xx's" does not refer properly to a decade but just to the years ending in xx!) , the 0010s was 10-19, etc.
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