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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Expressing Anno Domini
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SuStel)
Sat Sep 23 03:31:58 2017
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Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 14:34:16 -0400
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On 9/22/2017 2:26 PM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
> I know it will sound strange, but in Greek there's no c.e./b.c.e. In
> order to express the year, someone has to use a.d./b.c. There is no
> other way, and if there is, it is so rare, that I have never come
> across it.
>
> The first time I read "c.e." in english, I had to google it to
> understand what it means.. And even then it felt strange. So, reading
> the {bov motlh}, there is no way I would understand the intented meaning.
CE and BCE have come into popular use in the last half-century or so in
English as a way to take the religion out of a dating system that uses a
religious epoch. They still /use/ the religious epoch; they just don't
admit it.
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/22/2017 2:26 PM, mayqel qunenoS
wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CAP7F2cK0JO5e1qGauydrK=kaFYTESMx7e_5phWOvFsmFoc7HNw@mail.gmail.com">
<div dir="auto"><span
style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.6547px">I know it
will sound strange, but in Greek there's no c.e./b.c.e. In
order to express the year, someone has to use a.d./b.c. There
is no other way, and if there is, it is so rare, that I have
never come across it.</span></div>
<div dir="auto"><span
style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.6547px"><br>
</span></div>
<div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:14.6547px">The first time I read "c.e." in
english, I had to google it to understand what it means..
And even then it felt strange. So, reading the {bov motlh},
there is no way I would understand the intented meaning.</span></font></div>
</blockquote>
<p>CE and BCE have come into popular use in the last half-century or
so in English as a way to take the religion out of a dating system
that uses a religious epoch. They still <i>use</i> the religious
epoch; they just don't admit it.</p>
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