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Can someone explain what the XX century is?
by Nbox9 6y ago
Can someone explain what the XX century is?
- adamjb 6y ago20th century in roman numerals
- clouddrover 6y agoI think you're thinking of MM, which was the last year of the 20th century.
- HPsquared 6y agoThat would be MCMXCIX
- clouddrover 6y agoNo, 2000 was the last year. There was no year zero.
- HPsquared 6y agoHmm, interesting - I stand corrected. So the first millennium was years 1 through 1000. First I've heard of it! Another casualty of 1-based indexing I suppose. Perhaps the people setting the system up didn't have a concept of 'zero'?
- ebruchez 6y agoThere is a Seinfeld episode that covers this topic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Millennium_(Seinfeld) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Millennium_(Seinfeld)
- tedunangst 6y agoWe're still a few years out from the 2000th century.
- TT3351 6y agoRoman numerals for 20... not a normal convention by any means in MMXXI
- umanwizard 6y agoIt is a normal convention in Europe (or at least parts of it).
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- Symbiote 6y agohttp://letmegooglethat.com/?q=XX+century http://letmegooglethat.com/?q=XX+century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals#Modern_use_in_continental_Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals#Modern_use_in_c... It is the standard way of writing the century in many European countries/languages.