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[–] Donkter@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

How so? I would certainly call something from 1894 to be from the "late 1800s' or late 19th century. I mean, we're a quarter of the way through this century, at some point it turns into history.

[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Because people don't use that terminology when referring to a time period within a majority of living people's lifetime.

[–] broken_chatbot@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

This may be a "loanword" from the student's native language. In Swedish, they use "1900-talet" (1900s) instead of "twentieth century"