maybe. Technically no. Purist will argue that the calendar began with year one making the year 100 the last year of a century, not year 99. When we count to ten, we start with the number one, making ten the last number in a decade. Counting forward, 2009 is the nineth year of this decade and 2010 the tenth, or last year. So a child born on 12-31-2009 and his twin born a few minutes later on 1-1-2010 were not born in two different decades.
Even so, it is unusual for twins to be born in different years. congrats to the parents.
You crack me up.
ReplyDeleteI made this argument to one of my YaYas on New Year's Eve.
It's NEXT year that will be uber-special because it's the beginning of a new decade.
We're still on the ugly train for another year.