On Wed, 15 Jan 2014, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
In message <[email protected]>, Richard
Clark writes:
I've always liked the view that the first century spanned the years 1-99.
Yes, the appeal is obvious, apart from that pescy detail of "century"
meaning "hundred"...
Well, it wouldn't be completely without precedent. The history of the
Julian/Gregorian family of calendar variants has several examples of
reforms that resulted in years with lengths differing significantly
from 365 or 366 days.
Also centipedes don't have exactly 100 legs.
Richard Clark
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