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<p>[QUOTE="say_it_slowly, post: 167971, member: 50"]When talking to people about dates I've found that people often mis-speak. Often people say 19th Century when they mean 1900's (which of course is 20th Century). I find that people are often off by 100+ years in what they say especially if they don't often deal with really old things. </p><p><br /></p><p>If someone says 18th Century I will often say something like "so 1750 or so?".[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="say_it_slowly, post: 167971, member: 50"]When talking to people about dates I've found that people often mis-speak. Often people say 19th Century when they mean 1900's (which of course is 20th Century). I find that people are often off by 100+ years in what they say especially if they don't often deal with really old things. If someone says 18th Century I will often say something like "so 1750 or so?".[/QUOTE]
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