You are right. In french "millenium" is spelt with one "n". But it is not used with the english meaning of a thousand year period. Instead we use "millénaire" (both words have the same latin origin). In french "millenium" means a mythic thousand years reign waited by some religious people : the Messiah would reign for thousand years before the Last Judgment; and at the same time it would be something like a Golden Age.
Jean-Paul Cornec LANNION FRANCE 48° 44' 24" N 03° 27' 27" W ----- Original Message ----- From: Patrick_Powers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: sundial <sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 1:40 AM Subject: millenium bug > Message text written by Frank Evans > > >I can reveal that it is the second "n" in "millennium".< > > Someone told me that in French it is spelt with one 'n' - no doubt someone > on this list will tell me if I am wrong - if not then this 'bug' doesn't > travel East! I wonder if this varies in other languages too....? > > Patrick >
