C21st

[Gregory {Greg} Downing]

At 09:43 AM 7/2/99 -0400, you wrote:
>The following link should direct you to a discussion of "Preparing
>teachers and trainers for the C21st.":
>http://grouper.ieee.org/ltsc/ifets/discussions/discuss_july99.html
>
>A number of other web pages can be found with the same usage.  Did C21st
>start out as a non-U.S. term, i.e., used elsewhere, then imported to the
>U.S.?
>

One sees "C19" and "19C" and "19th c." (etc.) as abbreviations for
"nineteenth century." I suppose "C19th" is clear enough, though I can't
recall for sure if I have actually seen it.


Greg Downing/NYU, at greg.downing at nyu.edu or gd2 at is2.nyu.edu