• Augapfel@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    babies are considered a year old on the day they’re born

    Is there any useful idea behind this? That sounds completely dumb.

    • Troy@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      It’s just semantics. When you are born, you are in your first year of life, not your zeroth year of life. After a full year, you are one year old. Grammar varies from language to language, and sometimes one feels more natural.

      Imagine everyone in English said “I’m in my 32nd year” instead of “I’m 31 years old.” Now you meet a foreigner who says the opposite. Translation issues abound!

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        1 year ago

        When you are born, you are in your first year of life, not your zeroth year of life.

        There are one type of person in this world. Those that understand arrays, and those that don’t.

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          1 year ago

          You’re absolutely right. But as most people don’t measure their age in centuries (yet), it isn’t a problem.

          I’m hoping the debate emerges when I’m in my 7th century.