In the Philippines, if we do not quite remember a date or year and if that time may have passed 10 or so years ago, we refer to that time as nineteen-forgotten.
And this has been in use in the last two decades or even longer.
I foresee that after maybe half a millennium, people will no longer say 19-forgotten. Unknown dates will now be referred to as twenty-something.
By that time, they will now say "oh, that furniture is already an antique. Its been here since 20-something."
Saturday, September 20, 2008
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