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Re: Welcome to the Ohs
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Sun, 2 Jan 2000 14:59:01 GMT
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On Sat, 1 Jan 2000 22:01:22 GMT, "Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com>
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> Well, if we were to stick to convention, does anyone have any solid
> historical evidence of whether people living around the end of the first
> millennium considered 1000 or 1001 to be the first year in the new
> millennium? How about 1800/1801 1900/1901 for centuries?
A paraphrase from a letter in an upscale monthly magazine, december
1799: "Will you guys please just all shut up, the century isn't over
for another year!"[1]. Same argument ensues, except that nowadays more
people take part due to more communication.
Plus ca change..
Jasper
[1] Haven't got the source handy, but it should be around somewhere on
the web.
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| Paul Davidson wrote in message ... (...) stick (...) Well, if we were to stick to convention, does anyone have any solid historical evidence of whether people living around the end of the first millennium considered 1000 or 1001 to be the first (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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