> > That makes sense. I wonder now if I am
> rare in using "The 1900's" to mean
> 1900-1999. In my parlance, "The 1800's" and
> "The nineteenth century" are synonymous.
> Does anyone else use the terms like this, or
> am I finally tapping into the reason why these
> concepts used to confuse me so much?
>
> You're not rare. I do it that way too. The
> "1600s" means the fifteenth century and so on
> like you say. Maybe *we* are rare together, but
> whether that's the case or not, I think we're two
> pretty cool guys.
>
> Gri"like to say 'parlance'"shny

The 1600s is the 15th century? What's that make the 100s? The 0th century? What about the 00s? Is that the -1st century?

The Other "Or perhaps someone messed up his numbers there ;-)" Matthew