It's just semantics. When you are born, you are in your first year of life, not your zeroth year of life. After a full year, you are one year old. Grammar varies from language to language, and sometimes one feels more natural.

Imagine everyone in English said "I'm in my 32nd year" instead of "I'm 31 years old." Now you meet a foreigner who says the opposite. Translation issues abound!

[–] ssjmarx@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

When you are born, you are in your first year of life, not your zeroth year of life.

There are one type of person in this world. Those that understand arrays, and those that don't.

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Jokes on you, my religion is Fortran ;)

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Edsger W. Dijkstra had some things to say on the topic back in 1982

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To be fair, we do the same shit with what century we are in.

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You're absolutely right. But as most people don't measure their age in centuries (yet), it isn't a problem.

I'm hoping the debate emerges when I'm in my 7th century.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You mean when you're 6 centuries old?

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Exactly 😂