in re Pay for Play and the turning of centuries

Grave · January 21, 2008, 4:54am

link - http://www.straightdope.com/columns/080118.html

Quote - “wasn’t uncommon in the past; examples abound from … and turn-of-the-century Manhattan.”

Comment - It occurs to me that ‘turn of the century’ has changed rather drastically in meaning less than a decade ago. Did this column truly mean early 2000 CE Manhattan, or was it a hundred years before? If the more current time, would a cite that provides intel on tokens for services be providable?

Una_Persson · January 21, 2008, 6:02am

I’m fairly certain that it refers to 1900.

Grave · January 21, 2008, 11:10pm

Agreed, I was just looking for a nice way to suggest proofing the articles for phrases such as that.

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