Re: 20th century

["David E. Clark" <declark@MAINE.EDU>]

> On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, James Espinosa wrote:
>
> > ...  I wonder if others on this list also believe that come January
> > it will be another century?  I know that the media is convinced that the
> > new century is about to start and apparantly nobody is correcting them.
>
> I, like many others I suspect, understand this argument and am not moved
> by it.  We aren't celebrating the end of the second millennium (and
> *certainly* not anything as mundane as the end of the twentieth century);
> we are celebrating the turning of the most significant digit on the
> odometer!

All quite true. However, this year I plan on celebrating the end of the
century defined by the 1900's (1900 - 1999) and the end of the the
millenium defined by the 1000's (1000 - 1999); and next year comes the
twentieth century and the second millenium celebrations!

  Dave Clark