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Re: Welcome to the Ohs
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Sat, 1 Jan 2000 21:42:54 GMT
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> The nineties (which is just a shorthand notation for, most recently,
> nineteen nineties) went from 1990 to 1991. The 10 year period is
> abviously so named because of the names of the numbers in it. It has
> no relevance to being in synchronization with the year count since 1 BC.
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> 2000 doesn't have nineteen ninety anything as a part of it, last time I
> checked.
Agreed...the '90s are considered to be dates between '90 and '99, not
necessarily the 199th decade A.D. (which goes from '91 to '00).
Paul Davidson
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| (...) See I equate the '90s with the 200th decade. (the 199th decade was the '80s) Every history book I have seen follows this concept of dates. 2001 is the begining of the 3rd millenium, the 21st centruy and the 201st decade. (24 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (followups redirected to lugnet.off.topic) (...) (nitpick mode on again.... :) Yes, there was no year 0. Yes, the 21st century does not begin until January 1, 2001. Howeever.... Where in the world did you get the idea that 2000 would be *ANY* part (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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