@[email protected] to Lemmy [email protected] • 18 days agoI am from a different millenialemmy.mlimagemessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up11.04Karrow-down14
arrow-up11.04Karrow-down1imageI am from a different millenialemmy.ml@[email protected] to Lemmy [email protected] • 18 days agomessage-square90fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink33•18 days agoJust FYI millennia is a plural form: one millennium, two millennia. So you’re from a different millennium.
minus-squarePrehensile_cloaca linkfedilinkEnglish11•18 days agoI was there, Gandalf…three thousand years ago…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•18 days agoMaybe he is over a thousand years old, don’t you see the wrinkles?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•18 days agoThen it would be “different millennia,” not “a different millennia.”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•18 days agoThose of us that were born before 2000: am I a joke to you?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•18 days agoI’m also in that group, I only meant to write a direct parallel to the title, for comparison :-)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•18 days agoI figured, I just wanted to go along with it as a joke
minus-squareChrister EnforslinkfedilinkEnglish1•17 days agoYes, and the same goes for “medium”: one medium, several media. When people say “media” now, they typically mean what used to be referred to as “mass media”, that is, newspapers, TV, etc.
Just FYI millennia is a plural form: one millennium, two millennia. So you’re from a different millennium.
I was there, Gandalf…three thousand years ago…
Maybe he is over a thousand years old, don’t you see the wrinkles?
Then it would be “different millennia,” not “a different millennia.”
Those of us that were born before 2000: am I a joke to you?
Dude you’re almost thirty!
I’m also in that group, I only meant to write a direct parallel to the title, for comparison :-)
I figured, I just wanted to go along with it as a joke
Yes, and the same goes for “medium”: one medium, several media. When people say “media” now, they typically mean what used to be referred to as “mass media”, that is, newspapers, TV, etc.