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3:06 PM

Anybody remember that question about how many times you could shift at once with one press of the lever? I'm trying to find it... can link?

gschenk

3:34 PM

Wikipedia on names for the first decade: "Other suggestions from 45 countries suggest the [...] 'zilches' [...]" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000s_(decade)#Name_for_the_decade

Any idea where 'zilches' is from?

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DavidW

7:04 PM

@gschenk "Zilch" is slang for "none."

Or did you mean what country might have suggested that?

I think it's USian originally.

Criggie

7:34 PM

zilch means zero so its same as noughties

we used to describe 1900-1909 as teh "nineteen hundreds"

gschenk

8:15 PM

I found reference for 'Zilch' as use for 'John Doe' somewhere in US. But i found not where 'zilch' is used as none, neither where it is used for the noughties.

That's something native speakers usually know pretty well.

Criggie

8:41 PM

I've never heard of zilchies - sounds silly IMO.

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Criggie

11:47 PM

@Swifty Nope - can't find it sorry.

Best I can find are a lot of questions about broken shifters and "I changed everything and now it jumps multiple gears" One was all the way ffrom first to 7th/8th with one click.

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