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The 1900s (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

It seems awkward to me to refer to the previous century that way until you're at least halfway through the next century. Even then, that's pushing it. Basically I think that way of referring to an era implies you're over, or at least fairly close to, 100 years away from it.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Students are often awkward

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Not to mention they could be on the spectrum. I could see a buddy of mine phrasing this question in this exact manner

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Early 2000's doesn't sound odd at all though.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Because that’s referring the 2000’s decade. In terms of centuries, I would say we are still in the early 2000’s and that does feel odd to say.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I rather meant how it sounds. It's in the "hundreds".

Two thousands.
Twenty hundreds.

"Early twenty hundreds" does kind of make it sound like we live in 2224 instead while "early two thousands" sounds like 2002.
I could have written it better.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Well you also wouldn’t say ten hundreds for the 1000’s. I think it’s just a quirk of the being the first century in a millennia.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Early second millennium CE

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

the 2000s* decade

early 2000s*

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Early 2000s*

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I mean if your life started in 2005 and you didnt live through any of the 20th century, calling it the late 1900s seems totally reasonablr. You werent there when people were living through the "90s", to you its just another bygone era that people speak about in waya you'll never be able to relate to.