Names for the number 0 in English English speaking countries. However this has not become the universal descriptor because as Douglas Coupland pointed out early in the decade "[Noughties] won't work because in America the word 'nought' is never used for zero, never ever". The American music and lifestyle magazine Wired favoured "Naughties'", which they claim was first proposed by the arts collective Foomedia in 1999. However, the term "Naughty Aughties" was suggested as far back as 1975 by Cecil Adams, in his column The Straight Dope. In scores for sporting events, in particular tennis, association football, the number 0 has the very specialized names "love", and
Anyone for tennis? by Chris de Burgh. Other uses of the phrase in pop culture include: Anyone for tennis? The phrase Anyone for tennis? is thought to have originated from George Bernard Shaw's 1914 play "Misalliance", in which Johnny Tarleton asks "Anybody on for a game of tennis?" This phrase is often used to typify a particular genre of drawing room comedy about the leisured upper class. This phrase has been used several times in popular culture, including in the song "Beautiful Girl" in the movie musical "Singin' in the Rain," and as the title of a song by the British blues-rock band