Newcomer, that's it alright. I got into a discussion with a poor man at a checkout counter (he couldn't get away). "The world is celebrating the end of its 2000th year at its 1999th birthday party." He agreed, but I think while some folks are buying into the scam, others have just given up. The rest of us just keep on being pedantic 'cause, dammit, we're right!

(I still think it's a marketing scam. Huge party this Jan, then big corps smack their foreheads, say "Doh! Oh dear, we goofed!" and start planning for another big party next year.)