Posted on 12/31/2009 2:36:00 PM PST by La Enchiladita
Just for fun, listen to Dr. Walter Williams on the topic.
Centuries certainly run 100 years, counting the first century is 1-100, the second century is 101-200, etc.
We tend to refer to decades as the fifties, the sixties, the seventies, etc. The decade of ‘the fifties’ is the ten year period of 1950-1959. The sixties is 1960-1969. I don’t think people consider 1970 as the final year of ‘the sixties,’ but rather the first year of the decade known as ‘the seventies.’
The first decade of the 1000 years beginning with a 2 started in 2000. Yu can explain it your way all you want or you can go with what the world knows and uses.
No, it's the opposite. Your first year would be Year One, and when you turned 1, your first year would be over, and you would be in Year Two, and so on.
When you turned 49, you would be in Year Fifty, and you would say, "I'm in my fiftieth year," instead of saying, "I'm 49".
People are going to forever be in two camps about this, like fruitcake lovers vs. fruitcake haters, toomayto vs. tomahto, etc.....:-)
Happy New Year!!
Happy New Year, Canedawgie!!:)
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