The people that say "Late 1900s to describe the 90s.....

No, just no. I don't know how this became a thing, but no one says the "1900s" unless they are describing 1900-1910. I don't care if it is technically correct; it's stupid. How did this catch on?

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SomeMichGuy · M

The 1900s refers to all years which are 4 digits and begin with 19...1900 - 1999.

This hae been used in exactly that way for a LONG time.

If you mean the period 1900 - 1909, you'll have to clarify, because most people use 1900s as above.

Bri89 · 36-40, M

@SomeMichGuy Well, if it has, I've only heard of it being used that way recently. It doesn't make it any less dumb in my opinion.

SomeMichGuy · M

@Bri89 I'm sorry that you haven't read many things using that.

Well, if it has, I've only heard of it being used that way recently. It doesn't make it any less dumb in my opinion.

What would you suggest as a way of referring to any of the 1900s? From 1900 itself to 1910 to 1950 to 1999?

Bri89 · 36-40, M

@SomeMichGuy The way I've always heard any decade being referenced is just by saying 50's, 60's, 70's, etc.

SomeMichGuy · M

@Bri89 Not an answer.

And the hill you should be dying on is the 00's...but 70s, etc. us presumed to be the 1970s (which you must have seen), etc.

But the "20s" could now refer to the 2020s, rather than the "roaring 20s", the 1920s.

Bri89 · 36-40, M

@SomeMichGuy I didn't think that I had to answer a certain way for it to be appropriate, but okay. And when I think of the 20's, my mind will always go to the 1920s no matter how many cycles of 20s there are. And it's not a hill that I'm dying on so much as something that I've observed.

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