Garret wrote:
> Patrick wished us all a happy end ot the millenium
> thanks:-)
> i'm not trying to be picky here, but this is somethng that has become
> increasingly annoying this year.
> the way i understand it is that this has been the first year of the new
> millenium, and that 2001 is actually the first year of the new century with
> 2000 closing 20th century.
it seems you answered it yourslef. If 2000 is the last year of the 20th century, then
New
Years day is the first day of the new millenium as it is the first day of the 21st
centruy, which is the first year of the 3rd millenium.
I thin kt he confusion rises because of the numbering of BC and AD. is the first
complete
year after Jesus' birth 0 or 1? If one then the end of the year 1999 marks 2000 years
and
that would have been the beginning of the millenium.
Having said all that, it is all meaningless anyway and doesn't matter. Time is just a
product of our brains so that it feels more able to cope!
bw
colin
>
> so, on january first we will be celebratin teh new century, not the new
> millenium. Now, i dont know if this is right it's just something that i was
> taught as a child that most people don't seem to remember. whenever i've
> said that to people i have ended up being slagged for my stupidity. but as
> teh year wore on, i convinced myself that i'm right.
> does anyone know teh truth???
> GARRET
> NP- Eminem, Stan
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bw
colin
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