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someone wrote----

> >>Because a Millenium is a span of a thousand years and accordingly
> can
> >>only be identified in looking backwards in time.
> >>

Bullshit buddy .I can identify the week commencing the 20th of  June
1997. So why can`t i identify the millenium starting at the end of this
century? 2000ad to 3000ad. There i just did it and it is pretty clear to
all what this means. You start at the start of the year 2000 and count
all the years until you reach 1000 and there you have it 3000ad.

> >>
> bill newton wrote---
> By George, you've almost got it!
>
> Just try to remember that when a Millenium is 'born' it HAS, by
> definition,to be in the past!
>

If the word born was exclusively past tense then you would have had to
swap your "is `born`" for "was `born`" .The word born is what is known
as a past particle and in no way  exclusively implies past tense.

> Therefore we can never 'enter' a 'new' Millenium as such, and we can
> only identify a span of time (1000 years) as a Millenium when that
> span
> of time has passed!
>

Where the hell do you come up with stuff? 1000 years is 1000 years,past
present or future. A millenium is a unit of time the same as a second ,a
year or a week .It can be identified wherever and whenever the user
wants. And what the hell is it with the capital M for millenium. Where
not talking about the T.V. show here .

I don`t know about you but i can enter a new 1000 year period whenever i
feel like it. Just like i can enter a new hour or whatever.

Example.  It`s 11:56 PM where i am . Now, i will start a new thousand
year period(or 20 minute period or whatever) at 11:58 PM. All i have to
do is wait for my watch to start clocking the minute starting at 11:58
and there you go. I will have just entered a new millenium.
I can validly call it a millenium and i can validly call it new because
it is not as old as the one i identified  earlier on in the day and it
is a lot newer than the one someone identified way back in 992 (that one
ended years ago, what a party that was hey!!)

If anyone wants to discuss a millenium that ends at the same time as the
20th century. Then i guess it should really be reffered to as a calander
millenium. Like a calander year as opposed to financial year or just a
plain old year.

> Now concentrate hard and I'm sure you'll grasp it this time;-)
> --
> Bill Newton

   No relation to Izaac Newton thats for sure.