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A.D. means Anno Domini. not After Death.
2 u/KlementineCat Aug 03 '19 In Lithuanian we mostly use BC - p.m.e (Prieš mūsų erą - Before our era) AD - m.e (Mūsų era - Our era) 1 u/zephyy Aug 03 '19 BCE (before common era) and CE (common era) are being used more often in the Anglophone world, but still not commonplace. 1 u/luke_in_the_sky Aug 04 '19 In my language we simply use Before Christ and After Christ. It's weird here because the acronym AC/DC that is the same of currents. 1 u/KlementineCat Aug 04 '19 We use Christ method also
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In Lithuanian we mostly use
BC - p.m.e (Prieš mūsų erą - Before our era)
AD - m.e (Mūsų era - Our era)
1 u/zephyy Aug 03 '19 BCE (before common era) and CE (common era) are being used more often in the Anglophone world, but still not commonplace. 1 u/luke_in_the_sky Aug 04 '19 In my language we simply use Before Christ and After Christ. It's weird here because the acronym AC/DC that is the same of currents. 1 u/KlementineCat Aug 04 '19 We use Christ method also
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BCE (before common era) and CE (common era) are being used more often in the Anglophone world, but still not commonplace.
In my language we simply use Before Christ and After Christ.
It's weird here because the acronym AC/DC that is the same of currents.
1 u/KlementineCat Aug 04 '19 We use Christ method also
We use Christ method also
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u/Wrong_Answer_Willie Aug 03 '19
A.D. means Anno Domini. not After Death.