• accideath@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    The mix of BCE and AD hurts my brain. It’s either BC/AD (before christ and anno domini) or BCE/CE (before common era and common era), depending on how religious or secular you are. Please do pedants like myself a favour and don’t mix 'em.

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      12 days ago

      If you’re very religious you’ll probably use AC/AD, but of you’re very secular you’re more likely into AC/DC

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        12 days ago

        AC is before (Ante) christ in Latin and therefore in many historical records. I think you’ll save yourself from confusion if you stopped using it to mean after christ ;)

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      12 days ago

      The dating feels like it might’ve originally been Han dynasty, which then got translated into exact years for those unfamiliar with Chinese dynasties.