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To: mairdie

Thanks. I have missed your postings.

While I recognize it is no longer stringently observed, I suggest reversing the dating symbol.

A.D. (Anno Domini: In the Year of the/Our Lord) goes before the date, whereas B.C. (Before Christ) goes after it.

Think of the old song by Zager and Evans, “In the Year 2525”; one would not say, “2525 in the Year.” Similarly, one would not say, “540 in the Year of the/Our Lord.”


7 posted on 04/01/2019 11:27:44 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: YogicCowboy

I’ve been working on a bio of my grandmother to go along with the illustrations I’ve done to her small book of aphorisms. It’s taken longer than I expected. Of course. I seem to have a mental block on AD/BC. The old song was a good idea.


9 posted on 04/02/2019 1:05:20 AM PDT by mairdie (http://www.iment.com/maida/family/father/catharineburnett/hotshots.htm)
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