To: SunkenCiv
Not to hijack the thread, but I love how AD and BC have made a comeback. (Over the CE and BCE that were being forced upon us like the metric system) On a recent trip to the Smithsonian, I noticed some new exhibits are also back to AD and BC when giving dates.
3 posted on
02/05/2009 6:41:43 PM PST by
icwhatudo
(Still a proud member of the VRWC)
To: icwhatudo
I teach history at a private school in Australia. ‘Official’ guidance for us now is that we should use AD and BC in discussing western history, but that BCE and CE is still appropriate when discussing other places - particularly Asia.
5 posted on
02/05/2009 6:43:56 PM PST by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: icwhatudo
I’ve noticed the same thing happening on the “educational” channels too. (History, A&E, etc.). I smile (BIG SMILE) everytime I see it.
6 posted on
02/05/2009 6:45:53 PM PST by
FlingWingFlyer
( Elections have consequences.)
To: icwhatudo
Not to hijack the thread, but I love how AD and BC have made a comeback. (Over the CE and BCE that were being forced upon us like the metric system) On a recent trip to the Smithsonian, I noticed some new exhibits are also back to AD and BC when giving dates.I am really glad to hear that. I have refused to use those stupid new designations for the years. I refuse to even write them when discussing them.
7 posted on
02/05/2009 6:47:48 PM PST by
stripes1776
("That if gold rust, what shall iron do?" --Chaucer)
To: icwhatudo
Feminist grad students in Wymen's Studies hardest hit.
They were getting into that when I was at UT. Some of them even threatened to flunk you on papers if you used BC/AD.
11 posted on
02/05/2009 6:54:33 PM PST by
Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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