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yes the naughty ninetys had occured to us too p g-b ps d**kheads - because (a) a lot of what is said this or that decade is said by such persons and (b) there used to be a french tv presenter antoine de caulnes who (deliberately?) mispronounced the word decade, so it seemed appropriate ;-) Paul Belford wrote: >Certainly the Naughty Nineties (1890s). I am sure that someone on radio >four was talking about the '60s (meaning the 1860s) the other day, but I >wasn't paying too much attention. I suspect it wasn't a personal >reminiscence but a quote - unless of course it was Jack Woolley in his >declining moments... > >Why d***heads? > >Paul > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Discussion List for Contemporary and Historical >>Archaeology [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On >>Behalf Of lineone >>Sent: 23 April 2007 10:55 >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: decade d**kheads >> >>when, I wonder, did people start talking about the past in >>terms of decades? the 60s were this, the 70s were that etc. >>obviously cultural change does not conveniently fit such >>arbitrary divisions. Have seen reference to the "70s" (1870s) >>in a bok published c.a. 1947, so it goes back at least that far. >> >>p g-b >> >>-------------------------- >>contemp-hist-arch is a list for news and events in >>contemporary and historical archaeology, and for >>announcements relating to the CHAT conference group. >>------- >>For email subscription options see: >>http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/archives/contemp-hist-arch.html >>------- >>For CHAT meetings see: >>http://www.bris.ac.uk/archanth/events/chat.html >>-------------------------- >> >> >> > >-------------------------- >contemp-hist-arch is a list for news and events >in contemporary and historical archaeology, and >for announcements relating to the CHAT conference group. >------- >For email subscription options see: >http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/archives/contemp-hist-arch.html >------- >For CHAT meetings see: >http://www.bris.ac.uk/archanth/events/chat.html >-------------------------- > > > -------------------------- contemp-hist-arch is a list for news and events in contemporary and historical archaeology, and for announcements relating to the CHAT conference group. ------- For email subscription options see: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/archives/contemp-hist-arch.html ------- For CHAT meetings see: http://www.bris.ac.uk/archanth/events/chat.html --------------------------