Re: millenial madness

Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Thu, 09 Dec 1999 13:13:13 -0800

At 08:41 AM 8/12/99 -0800, Hal wrote:

>My daughter is upset about the premature
>"millenium" celebration so she would not want to be involved with
>anything excessive. I guess next year will be our big party.

Nah, think of it this way. 2000 *is* the `millenium' party (whatever that is, and here's to it!), while 2001 is the *millennium* celebration.

Damien Broderick (who'll be in 2000 more than half a day earlier than most of you...)