Posted by Jon on August 22, 2003 at 16:22:33 from 199.141.125.33 user Jon.
In Reply to: Re: Wild Cat on Lakeland Cam posted by John Nichols on August 22, 2003 at 15:40:21:
Well, "the '45" still refers back to 1745, but most references to the last 2 digits of a year seem to refer (back or ahead) to the nearest occurrence. You'd need to use it in a specific context to avoid that implicit assumption (as you did).