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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Expressing Anno Domini
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mayqel qunenoS)
Sat Sep 23 04:01:56 2017
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From: mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 20:54:52 +0300
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De'vID:
> What's wrong with {*Christ* bov nubwI' DIS wa'}
It is perfectly fine for expressing "before christ"; but how would you
express "after christ" ?
qunnoq
On Sep 22, 2017 8:45 PM, "qurgh lungqIj" <qurgh@wizage.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 1:39 PM, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Sep 22, 2017 19:23, "qurgh lungqIj" <qurgh@wizage.net> wrote:
>>
>> I think this is the same as in English. If I say "It happened in the year
>> 300" no one knows if I mean CE or BCE, but they assume I mean CE.
>>
>> If we had an easy way to talk about negative numbers, then I'd use that
>> for BCE.
>>
>>
>> But BCE years are not negative years. There's no "year zero".
>>
>
> They kind of are though. They increase as you go backwards, just as
> negative numbers do. I'm not suggesting this is the best way to do it, just
> how I'd probably chose to do it without any guidance from Maltz.
>
>
>>
>> What's wrong with {*Christ* bov nubwI' DIS wa'} etc?
>>
>
> I'd say it has the same problem that lead to the creation of CE and BCE
> over AD and BC in the first place. You have to know who, or what, this
> "Christ" is.
>
> qurgh
>
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<div dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"auto"><span style=3D"font-family:sans-serif;f=
ont-size:13.696px">De'vID:</span></div><span style=3D"font-family:sans-=
serif;font-size:13.696px">> What's wrong with {*Christ* bov nubwI=
9; DIS wa'}</span><div dir=3D"auto"><span style=3D"font-family:sans-ser=
if;font-size:13.696px"><br></span></div><div dir=3D"auto"><font face=3D"san=
s-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:13.696px">It is perfectly fine for expres=
sing "before christ"; but how would you express "after chris=
t" ?</span></font></div><div dir=3D"auto"><font face=3D"sans-serif"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size:13.696px"><br></span></font></div><div dir=3D"auto">=
<font face=3D"sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:13.696px">qunnoq</span><=
/font></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"=
>On Sep 22, 2017 8:45 PM, "qurgh lungqIj" <<a href=3D"mailto:q=
urgh@wizage.net">qurgh@wizage.net</a>> wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><b=
lockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px =
#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><d=
iv class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 1:39 PM, De'vID <span =
dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank=
">de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gma=
il_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-lef=
t:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto"><span><div><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div cla=
ss=3D"gmail_quote">On Sep 22, 2017 19:23, "qurgh lungqIj" <<a =
href=3D"mailto:qurgh@wizage.net" target=3D"_blank">qurgh@wizage.net</a>>=
wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"m_-4825391807216431656=
m_-7032006408071840583quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #cc=
c solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">I think this is the same as in E=
nglish. If I say "It happened in the year 300" no one knows if I =
mean CE or BCE, but they assume I mean CE.=C2=A0<br><br>If we had an easy w=
ay to talk about negative numbers, then I'd use that for BCE.</div></bl=
ockquote></div></div></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div></span><div dir=3D"a=
uto">But BCE years are not negative years. There's no "year zero&q=
uot;.</div></div></blockquote><div><br>They kind of are though. They increa=
se as you go backwards, just as negative numbers do. I'm not suggesting=
this is the best way to do it, just how I'd probably chose to do it wi=
thout any guidance from Maltz.=C2=A0<br>=C2=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gm=
ail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-le=
ft:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Wha=
t's wrong with {*Christ* bov nubwI' DIS wa'} etc?</div></div></=
blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'd say it has the same problem that lea=
d to the creation of CE and BCE over AD and BC in the first place. You have=
to know who, or what, this "Christ" is.=C2=A0</div><div><br></di=
v><div>qurgh</div></div><br></div></div>
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