> That makes sense. I wonder now if I am
rare in using "The 1900's" to mean
1900-1999. In my parlance, "The 1800's" and
"The nineteenth century" are synonymous.
Does anyone else use the terms like this, or
am I finally tapping into the reason why these
concepts used to confuse me so much?

You're not rare. I do it that way too. The
"1600s" means the fifteenth century and so on
like you say. Maybe *we* are rare together, but
whether that's the case or not, I think we're two
pretty cool guys.

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