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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Expressing Anno Domini
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (qurgh lungqIj)
Sat Sep 23 05:01:57 2017
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From: qurgh lungqIj <qurgh@wizage.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 13:44:54 -0400
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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"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On F=
ri, Sep 22, 2017 at 1:39 PM, De'vID <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"ma=
ilto:de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com</a>=
></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0=
0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto"><spa=
n class=3D""><div><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"=
>On Sep 22, 2017 19:23, "qurgh lungqIj" <<a href=3D"mailto:qur=
gh@wizage.net" target=3D"_blank">qurgh@wizage.net</a>> wrote:<br type=3D=
"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"m_-7032006408071840583quote" style=3D"ma=
rgin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"lt=
r">I think this is the same as in English. If I say "It happened in th=
e year 300" no one knows if I mean CE or BCE, but they assume I mean C=
E.=C2=A0<br><br>If we had an easy way to talk about negative numbers, then =
I'd use that for BCE.</div></blockquote></div></div></div><div dir=3D"a=
uto"><br></div></span><div dir=3D"auto">But BCE years are not negative year=
s. There's no "year zero".</div></div></blockquote><div><br>T=
hey 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.=C2=A0<br>=
=C2=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;bo=
rder-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"au=
to"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">What's wrong with {*Christ* bov nubwI&#=
39; DIS wa'} etc?</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'd s=
ay 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.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>qurgh</div></div><br></div></div>
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