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It's the difference between "I was born in 2010" and "I am about 10.3 years old". Americans do this a lot too, except at a (pseudo) decade level, e.g. "are you

by ska 6y ago

It's the difference between "I was born in 2010" and "I am about 10.3 years old". Americans do this a lot too, except at a (pseudo) decade level, e.g. "are you a '90s kid?"

cgriswald 6y ago
> Americans do this a lot too, except at a (pseudo) decade level, e.g. "are you a '90s kid?" This brings up other ambiguities. A "90's kid" might have been born in the 80's.
- ska 6y ago
  Yes, it’s not a clean mapping