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    If you saw the phrase, "it happened New Year's Eve of 1963", with no other context, would you take that to mean Dec 31, 1962, or Dec 31, 1963?

    Would you be so kind as to include with your reply where you live, in general terms (UK, AU, CAN, NZ, Eastern US, Southern US, or Western US), please?

    Thanks everyone!
    Last edited by Ginger; 05-31-2018, 02:56 PM. Reason: Afterthought
    - Ginger

  • #2
    Hi Ginger,

    From the UK id take it to mean Dec 31st 1963.
    Regards

    Sir Herlock Sholmes.

    “A house of delusions is cheap to build but draughty to live in.”

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    • #3
      Hi, Ginger,

      From Western USA, definitely Dec. 31st of 1963, which is properly the Eve of the New Year's Day (Jan. 1st, 1964).
      Last edited by Pcdunn; 05-31-2018, 04:04 PM. Reason: for clarity
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      • #4
        In similar vein, what does "turn of the century" mean? Is it January 1st 1900 (say) or 31st December 1999?
        Kind regards, Sam Flynn

        "Suche Nullen" (Nietzsche, Götzendämmerung, 1888)

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        • #5
          Neither. It's Johan Cruyff.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Robert View Post
            Neither. It's Johan Cruyff.
            "You can rob me, you can starve me and you can beat me and you can kill me. Just don't bore me."
            Clint Eastwood as Gunny in "Heartbreak Ridge"

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Sam Flynn View Post
              In similar vein, what does "turn of the century" mean? Is it January 1st 1900 (say) or 31st December 1999?
              I never really considered "turn of the century to denote a single day, but rather an indefinite time period around the end of a century rather like" fin de siecle.

              Also 1901 was the first year of the new century.
              - Ginger

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Ginger View Post
                I never really considered "turn of the century to denote a single day,
                Neither do I - that was just an example. What I really want to know is whether it's the old century turning out, or the new century turning in. Fin de siecle, or debut de la siecle, if you like.
                Kind regards, Sam Flynn

                "Suche Nullen" (Nietzsche, Götzendämmerung, 1888)

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                • #9
                  Aus

                  31 dec 63
                  G U T

                  There are two ways to be fooled, one is to believe what isn't true, the other is to refuse to believe that which is true.

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                  • #10
                    From the good ole US of A (and the nation's capital) -- December 31, 1963.

                    c.d.

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