In article <7f3c505c-4002-427e-a969-6d735307e0f6 at z10g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, CM <cmpython at gmail.com> wrote: > > Apparently, the Japanese used to (before they started adopting western > > conventions). I.e. ages were given as "in his tenth year" (meaning nine > > years old). With apologies to Paul Simon... One man's ceil() is another man's floor()