[WikiEN-l] Interwiki links for the Icelandic decade articles.

[R E Broadley]

I was only aware on one type of twentieth century, the one starting 1901 
and ending end of 2000. Where did this "English twentieth" century come 
from?


James D. Forrester wrote:

>On Mon, 22nd November 2004, at 19:34, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
><avarab at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>Similarly, the "twentieth century" begins in 1901 and ends in
>>2000, unlike the English twentieth century which begins in 1900 and
>>ends in 1999.
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>Umm. Actually, this is oft a point of confusion; although decades do, indeed
>start in xyz0 and continued until xyz9, centuries, millenia, and longer
>periods of time start from xy01 and continue to x(y+1)00. Hence the
>beginning of this millennium was on the 1st of January 200*1*, although the
>first decade primarily within said millennium had started the year
>beforehand, and the end thereof is to be the 31st of December 3000, not
>2999.
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>Yours, confusingly,
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