What Do You Call The Decade?

Last week, Cleveland.com had an article discussing how we would refer to the next decade. The article quoted CNN's Candy Crowley:

Speaking of media, bellwethers and "twenty-twelve," that's when the next presidential election and summer Olympics will be held, said CNN senior political correspondent Candy Crowley.

"When you're doing a two-minute and 20-second piece, you pick up seconds wherever you can," Crowley said. " 'Two-thousand and twelve' is five syllables. 'Twenty-twelve' is three."

... to read the full article: What will we call the new decade?

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