This is why we hate politicians. They are stupid and ignorant and shoot their mouths off.
Who can forget Rick Perry when he was running for President in ‘12, claiming the American Revolution was in the 16th century?
Growing up in the twentieth century I, as a child, wondered why it was called that when the years all started with 19. Of course I later understood how it worked but on occasion if someone said the 19th century I would think “ah Cowboys.....18 hundreds”. The eighteenth century was a little more difficult because I first start thinking ‘18 hundreds ? cowboys? No 17 hundreds ...the Revolution!’ It’s almost seamless but there is sometimes a slight delay. It’s odd/even....if the century is odd the years are even and vice versa. Not rocket science admittedly.
Not a Perry fan, not in the least ...and a political orator should get it right.....but I could see the possibility of muffing this.
As I can rarely expound on things political extemporaneously....as it is not my thing...I can understand muffing this for a second or two and having the words fly out and not hearing the mistake till someone later corrects me.
Just saying