[tlhIngan Hol] Expressing Anno Domini

[SuStel]

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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SuStel
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