On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com> wrote:
>
> I suspect they did something similar in the 1900s as well. And then in
> later years, it was referred to as "the turn of the century," or "the
> beginning of the 19th century" or "early in the 19th century." Because
> that's still how we refer to 1900-1909. A century later, we still haven't
> came up with a name for that decade, never mind naming it 10 years later.
> Occasionally people have wondered what they called it during the time. Now I
> think we know.
>
> Michael
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