Hmm. I know ChatGPT is not always right but I must say I agree with it here. Maybe it’s a cultural/Canadian thing?
Replies
No it’s just me fighting a losing battle.
aug 30, 2025, 1:57 pm • 0 0 • view
It still irritates me to this day that when I read 19th century have to stop and mentally say to myself “they mean the 1800s.”
aug 30, 2025, 2:00 pm • 0 0 • view
It irritates me that people have trouble with it, but there’s not much to debate. I used to watch Walter Cronkite’s series “The Twentieth Century” and “The Twentyfirst Century”. Those names are very firmly burned into my neurons.
aug 30, 2025, 2:06 pm • 0 0 • view
Yeah the 20th century doesn’t bother me. But don’t ask me what the 8th century bc is. 900s?
aug 30, 2025, 2:10 pm • 0 0 • view
The first century CE is literally 0001 - 0100, but 0001 - 0099 is common parlance. (Stupidly there is no year zero.) Arthur C Clarke was adamant that the 21st century started in 2001.
aug 30, 2025, 2:16 pm • 0 0 • view
Similarly for BCE the first century BCE is 100 BCE - 1 BCE.
aug 30, 2025, 2:18 pm • 0 0 • view
Oh man. You’ve just opened up a whole new can of worms with CE vs BC.
aug 30, 2025, 2:19 pm • 0 0 • view