Naming a decade

Madam, – Having bid farewell to the first decade of the new millennium, we face the problem of decennial nomenclature

Madam, – Having bid farewell to the first decade of the new millennium, we face the problem of decennial nomenclature. Are we in the Teenies, the Present Tens, or Your Ones? Considering the poor quality of the decade just ended, I suggest Not-the Noughties. – Yours, etc,

JOHN O’BYRNE,

Mount Argus Court,

Harold’s Cross,

Dublin 6W.