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From: "Steve Sulman" <>
Subject: Re: Newyear 2000
Date: 6 Jan 1997 21:34:23 GMT
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No one mentioned "millenium": what was stated was when the 21st century
starts, which is 1/1/2001.

Ian Lowery <> wrote in article
<>...
> (Ewan McKissock) wrote:
>
> >As the pedantic among us might point out, the 21st century doesn't begin

> >until the 2000th year has finished
>
> And the even more pedantic might point out that this is wrong.
>
> The term "millenium" does not define a fixed starting point, but
> refers to a period of 1,000 years.
>
> Common useage of the term has come to mean that the next millenium
> will start on 1/1/2000.
>
> As useage determines meaning, there is now way around that one, no
> matter what logical arguments we might use to disprove it.
>
> Ian Lowery
>

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