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Re: Welcome to the Ohs
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 3 Jan 2000 21:30:16 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Paul Davidson writes:
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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.
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> 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).
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> Paul Davidson
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.
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| (...) 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 (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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