Subj : Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year
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From : [email protected]
Date : Mon Jan 02 2017 02:36 pm

Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year
From: Wolf K <[email protected]>

On 2017-01-02 15:20, Mark Storkamp wrote:
> In article <6fyaA.93321$%[email protected]>,
>  Wolf K <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On 2017-01-02 14:46, Mark Storkamp wrote:
>>> In article <[email protected]>,
>>>  Mark Lloyd <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> ** - I try to use CE / BCE instead of AD / BC. The numbers are the same,
>>>> and it avoids a particular assumption.
>>>>
>>>> [snip]
>>>
>>> And it's easy to remember too. Christian Era and Before Christian Era.
>>
>> CE = Church of England BCE = Before Church of England. You'll need a
>> calculator.
>>
>> Heh heh.
>>
>> Actually, it's "Common Era" and "Before Common Era". Paleontologists and
>> such use YBP = Years Before Present.
>
> What was it that happened 2018 years ago that made that year uncommon,
> as opposed to the year 2017 years ago that was more in common with
> todays year? I'd think anything before about AD 1900 is rather uncommon
> by todays standards. In general, I think anything over 100 years old is
> always uncommon to the modern generation, so we should use a sliding
> scale for years and it will always be 100 ME (modern era).

Nicely argued pedantry. I like it. :-)

You'll find 6 meanings for "common" in the Concise Oxford English
Dictionary, and more in the big one.

--
Best,
Wolf K
https://kirkwood40.blogspot.com
It's called "opinion" because it's not knowledge.

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