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For the decades 1900 and 1910, do you ever see them being called the "aughts"/"teens"? Do you think that in the future we will refer to the 2000's and 2010's that way? Or is it possible that these years may never get remembered in a well-defined way such as "the 20s" "the 80s" etc, just because we don't have good shorthand for those decades?
I don’t think I’ve ever seen that! The 90s were referred to as “the 90s” (or, the gay 90s) definitely, and the 80s, 70s, etc.
I know it’s not what your asking but they did call it the Edwardian era while it was happening, not just in retrospect.
I tried to do a search for what people were calling it but didn’t come up with much. I did find this though (sorry, it’s kind of hard to read!)
New-York Tribune, New York, January 6, 1901:
A bit of followup!
So I think it’s (maybe?) common for people in the UK, at least, to refer to the decade 2000-2009 as “the noughties”. Apparently some people tried to make the term catch on from 1900-1909 as well - especially for graduating classes!
The World, New York, October 16, 1897:
The Pittsburgh Press, Pennsylvania, January 10, 1899:
The Los Angeles Times, California, December 18, 1899:
The Des Moines Register, Iowa, June 10, 1900:
The Los Angeles Times, California, February 9, 1901:
Detroit Free Press, Michigan, January 2, 1902:
The Indiana Progress, Pennsylvania, July 1, 1903:
East Oregonian, Pendleton, Oregon, January 11, 1905:
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, February 25, 1906:
