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Date: 20 May 2022 15:50:54 GMT
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by: Stefan Ram - Fri, 20 May 2022 15:50 UTC

Dingbat <ranjit_mathews@yahoo.com> writes:
>In most languages, is a time interval
>named by its beginning or end?:
....
>US English: 13th century
>Italian: duecento

The 13th century /is/ the 13th century (when the
years from 1 to 100 are called the "first century").
The 13th century encompasses the years from 1201
to 1300.

The "duecento" should be the years from "milleduecento"
(1200) to "Milleduecentonovantanove" (1299) since their
names contain "duecento", but some dictionaries define it
as "the 13th century".

>US English: class of 87.
>Indian English: 83 batch

A "class" or a "batch" is not a time interval.
I don't think one can generalize this single example
to a statement about US English and Indian English.

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