Yes, I had that calendar/decades discussion on Facebook on a friend's board. He's a stickler for the "end of decade" exactitude. I sided with him, but was fascinated by how locked in mindset people can be.
People don't seem to register that saying "the first decade of the century" can refer to a different set of objects than "the ten years that have a double 0 after the 2". If I'd been sharp at the time, I would have asked "What is the current century called?" But really, that would just be me indulging my nit-picking.
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Date: 2010-01-03 05:17 pm (UTC)Yes, I had that calendar/decades discussion on Facebook on a friend's board. He's a stickler for the "end of decade" exactitude. I sided with him, but was fascinated by how locked in mindset people can be.
People don't seem to register that saying "the first decade of the century" can refer to a different set of objects than "the ten years that have a double 0 after the 2". If I'd been sharp at the time, I would have asked "What is the current century called?" But really, that would just be me indulging my nit-picking.