Comment on Late 1900s
Carrot@lemmy.today 2 weeks agoThey aren’t? “Late 1900s” would be the latter 3rd of the century. 1994 would be in that latter third, so they are using it correctly.
Comment on Late 1900s
Carrot@lemmy.today 2 weeks agoThey aren’t? “Late 1900s” would be the latter 3rd of the century. 1994 would be in that latter third, so they are using it correctly.
Venator@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
Early 1990s would be more appropriate wording 😂
Carrot@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
I get what you’re saying, but both work in this case. We’ve just lived in the late 1900s so it feels weird to lump the years we’ve experienced in with 900+ that we haven’t. But if someone says “late 1800s” for something like 1894, it wouldn’t feel weird at all.
Venator@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
Maybe, but when I hear late 1800s I assume they mean 1809ish 😅