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"John Leeke, Preservation Consultant" <[log in to unmask]>
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BP - Dwell time 5 minutes.
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Sun, 11 Oct 1998 12:38:39 EDT
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Ken Writes:
> In another lifezone it came up what to call the coming 00's decade
>  (2000-2009). Can't exactly call it the 90's any more. The "zero's" sort
>  of falls short of inspiration. Up for the vote "zilchin nadas". Comments
>  please.

On a similar topic: Just this past week I was taking an order over the phone
and my customer was giving me his credit card expiration date. He said,
"expires in naught 2." I was flabbergasted. I had not heart the "naught" word
since my dad passed away, and even then he was the only I ever heard use it.
He always said, "well, I was born in naught 6." It always seemed extremely
distant and old fashioned to use "naught." Now history repeats itself.

By the way, I just scheduled a workshop in naught 1. (I ought to know the
correct spelling, but I probably don't)

John Leeke

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