Let's just say VB7 and be done with .NET :)
With every passing day I get more and more exasperated having to type Visual Basic .NET or VB.NET. Maybe I should just use VB7 for the current language that vbc.exe v7 supports. For Whidbey it's VB8. I still have to refer to VB6 more than I like to, so just typing VB is unfortunately not an option.
I'm sure I'm not the only one out there with this frustration...