# in re Pay for Play and the turning of centuries **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [January 21, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-re-pay-for-play-and-the-turning-of-centuries/434345 "2008-01-21T04:54:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@Grave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grave)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-re-pay-for-play-and-the-turning-of-centuries/434345/1 "2008-01-21T04:54:56Z")
link - [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/080118.html](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? ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-re-pay-for-play-and-the-turning-of-centuries/434345/2 "2008-01-21T06:02:54Z")
I’m fairly certain that it refers to 1900. ---
**Author:** ![Grave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@Grave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grave)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-re-pay-for-play-and-the-turning-of-centuries/434345/3 "2008-01-21T23:10:05Z")
[QUOTE=Una Persson] I’m fairly certain that it refers to 1900. [/QUOTE] Agreed, I was just looking for a nice way to suggest proofing the articles for phrases such as that.