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Poll: What kind of temporal reference are you most likely to use when referencing a typical cultural event extending over many months, for which many kinds of references might work:
  • Year, like “around 1989”
    25.3%
  • “First Bush admin”
    7.5%
  • “During the late 80s”
    56.5%
  • “As the Berlin Wall fell”
    10.8%
186 votesFinal results
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Around here things are often dated around economic crashes. 1991 (hyperinflation), 1994 (MMM), 1998 (devaluation), 2008 (TV noise), 2014 (money halving).
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