Dear all, I enjoy calendar stories, I did too took a while to know BP meant Before Present, I actually thought it was a typographic fault in the guides we use in the museum. BP is used among the scientific community to avoid, among other things, the christian connotation. Muslims, Jews and Chinese go their own way, and probably others too. But this thing of CE/BCE seems pointless to me, trying to get rid of the christian connotation by hiding the word but not the concept. I don't mind variety, as long as we are able to translate, as we do with language. BC and AC seems the most clear to me. A little bit of English is needed though. AD, the Anno Domini seems a bit too overloaded, good for the Latin enthusiasts, I'm more on the Greek side of the road. I wish you all a happy winter solstice ( in that we agree, don't we?) full of sunshine for our minds, bodies and sundials. Roser Raluy 42º13'31''N 2º51'43''E
2011/12/24 Frank King <frank.k...@cl.cam.ac.uk>: > Dear John, > > I like your story about the times quoted > by the Darwin control tower. > > In some of my introductory talks about > sundials I mention Unequal Hours, Babylonian > Hours, Italian Hours and so on. > > Just when the audience thinks this is offering > more choice than they can cope with, I explain > that things are little better when you use > clock time. > > Your story illustrates this nicely AND also > illustrates the use of different levels of > precision. > > I may plagiarise this next time I give > such a talk! > > All the best > > Frank > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
