JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 days agoThe final year of the 20th century was 2000 (not 1999) but a person in their 20th year is 19 (not 20)message-squaremessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up155arrow-down1message-squareThe final year of the 20th century was 2000 (not 1999) but a person in their 20th year is 19 (not 20)JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 days agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJubilantJaguar@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 days agoIndeed! And it gets even weirder: A person is allowed tobacco and alcohol if it is after January 1 of the year one turns 19 (post-birth age). This is the “year age”, which is basically (Korean age – 1), or when a person’s Korean age is 20. Ha! Thanx for the insight.
Indeed! And it gets even weirder:
Ha! Thanx for the insight.