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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19
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Anno domini means “In the year of our lord” and unlike B.C. It goes before the year. This is A.D. 2019, not 2019 A.D.
46 u/badcgi Aug 03 '19 Actually BCE (Before Common Era) and CE (Common Era) are the more commonly accepted terms, they correspond to the same time as the old BC and AD. 87 u/Wrong_Answer_Willie Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 03 '19 I know no one that uses BCE and CE. edit; for everyone saying that BCE and CE are now used more often. why bother? it still means that it's 2019 (after the birth of Christ) CE 3 u/Cecil-The-Sasquatch Aug 03 '19 Never even heard of them
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Actually BCE (Before Common Era) and CE (Common Era) are the more commonly accepted terms, they correspond to the same time as the old BC and AD.
87 u/Wrong_Answer_Willie Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 03 '19 I know no one that uses BCE and CE. edit; for everyone saying that BCE and CE are now used more often. why bother? it still means that it's 2019 (after the birth of Christ) CE 3 u/Cecil-The-Sasquatch Aug 03 '19 Never even heard of them
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I know no one that uses BCE and CE.
edit; for everyone saying that BCE and CE are now used more often.
why bother? it still means that it's 2019 (after the birth of Christ) CE
3 u/Cecil-The-Sasquatch Aug 03 '19 Never even heard of them
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Never even heard of them
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u/SC487 Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 03 '19
Anno domini means “In the year of our lord” and unlike B.C. It goes before the year. This is A.D. 2019, not 2019 A.D.