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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
Well, strictly speaking it was 142 years ago. Still more than a century, I know, but less than two.
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I'll admit I took liberties, but only because I knew I could fall back on the idea that you don't have to have a number greater than 2 to use the plural. It was 1.42 centuries ago.
Edit: Of course, using that logic, the Iraq war has been going on for centuries. (0.04 centuries, to be exact.)