its not even new years yet here....we're like almost last....in CA....*sigh*

Oh boy! After the results of these awards, I'll sure be looking forward to the _next_ Millenium Awards!

the next millenium doesn't start until next year...

will this be up for a whole year?

No, we're already in the new _millenium_. The next _millennium_ starts next year, that's why they spelled it wrong. =P

Dude, it is soooo crowded in the Author voting. It is basically impossible to find the author I am looking for. It will take me all day to vote for all. I am not complaining. I like it. But boy, it sure is crowded.

Yeah... it's kind of tough. What I did is I had a bunch of authors in my mind, and I used the find option in my web browser to find the line...

I didn't know where to put this, I'll probably put it some other places too...but if you nominate the TCPA Flash puzzle pack it doesn't nominate under flash stuff...it nominates under assembly programs...and I do believe it is a flash app....

Starved for new content? Yes.

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I think Andy should spell correctly.

I think you should research something before making a jackass out of yourself by making a biased statement out of it. If you'd bothered to actually _visit_ the millenium page, you'd find out instantly why they chose one n instead of two.

Actually, that is quite wrong. I did visit the site and immediately realized that some people need a lesson here: Those that are spelling millennium with only one n.

Ignoring your extremely vulgar statement...

Feeling that 2001 is the new millennium and that 2000 isn't is NOT AN EXCUSE to spell millennium as millenium. Now, not only do Americans not spell as well as people in other languages (because some languages actually spell phonetically) but now people are purposefully mispelling words.

That's foolish.

From what I heard the misspelling (is that spelled right?) is a new word that is only used for the popular belief that the millennium has started now and not next year.

Aggh, that "M" word is driving me bananas! Oh well, if I guess it IS driving me bananas, I shouldnt be here in the first place, right? (what a guy I am, thats almost like making a stupid comment and flamming yourself for it =P)

~Jonathan Taylor

Are you the grammar police or something? You have NO RIGHT to say it's inexcusable for them to use the word millenium instead of millennium. They gave their reasoning behind the choice of words, clearly explicating the fact that it is _not_ the common-usage of millennium and that they are quite aware of the misspelling. Take it or leave it.

No, I'm not the Grammar Police.

However, I was just commenting that not only is he not spelling correctly, he DOES NOT WANT TO.

That is quite insane, for a language which doedsn't spell phonetically. Spelling incorrectly makes it hard for others to read. In a news item on the front page of TICALC.ORG, it would be better if for the general public everything was spelled correctly.

Also, if I have no right to say it's unexcusable, by symmetry you have NO RIGHT to say it's excusable.

The thing is, though, if he did use the word "millennium", he'd be wrong. It's not the millennium yet, that would be next year. So he coined a new word, "millenium", which has a different meaning - the years between 2000 and 2999, inclusive (that's what I've picked up, anyway). It's not that he made a typo, it's that he's ... um ... grammatically creative?

Grammatically yours,
Nik

Me are idiot. Here's a much better explanation, from the site itself.

Note: You may be saying to yourself.. "Hey, isn't millennium spelled with two 'N's?" You're right, it is. However, as any educated individual should know, the millennium doesn't start until 2001. With that said, you may be saying to yourself.. "Hey, you're a year early then!" That's why these are the "TI millenium awards" instead of the "TI millennium awards." Well. According to the Microsoft Press® Computer and Internet Dictionary, "millenium" was a word invented to mean "the year 2000," since people were misusing that way. So, for our TI millenium awards (taking advantage of the overused and overhyped theme), we figured that we might as well get it right and call it the "TI millenium awards" instead of the "TI millennium awards."

The word is a legit one ... it's _related_ to the word "millennium" but doesn't have the same meaning as it. He's correct in using it.

Still grammatically yours,
Nik

Grammatically and according to Oxford's or RHW's dictionaries, he is incorrect in using the word 'millenium'.

Also, he would not be incorrect in using the word 'millennium' as needed in this context, because when the new millenium starts is entirely subjective.

and just for de record i wuz wunderin if u mite hav sum trubl redin dis (I'm just grammatically creative you know!)

When the new millennium starts is _not_ subjective, as the url above explains.

"A millennium is an interval of 1000 years and a century is an interval of 100 years. In the Gregorian Calendar, which we use, there is no year zero and the sequence of years near the start runs as follows;
..., 3BC, 2BC, 1BC, 1AD, 2AD, ...

Because there is no year zero, the first year of the calendar ends at the end of the year named 1AD. By a similar argument 100 years will only have elapsed at the end of the year 100AD. Since 2000AD is the 2,000th year of the Christian calendar, it will be the last year of the Second Millennium. So the 3rd Millennium and the 21st Century will begin at the same moment, namely zero hours UTC (commonly known as GMT) on January 1st 2001."

Depends on what edition of the dictionaries you use. It's a relatively new word, and a specialized one at that.

>Spelling incorrectly makes it hard for others to read

True; however, regarding the subject, "millennium" spelled as "millenium" is NOT hard for others to read, assuming they even catch the mistake. Another example: you spelled "doesn't" incorrectly, but I didn't even catch the mistake until I reread your comment.

woodent itt bee en interessteen layngwige iff evrytheen waz spelld how itt sownded?...