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Re: Intent to package: "birthday" [OT]



Hi,

> As for Ossama's comment, every teacher I've had uses BC/AD. Most people
> I know, Christian or otherwise, consider BCE/CE to be hopelessly stupid
> and politically correct - it is centered around what was believed to be
> Christ's birth, like it or not.

For the record, I was just explaining what I was taught in school and was
curious if other parts of the world taught similar things.  I don't
necessarily think that BCE/CE is the "right way" of referring to dates
nowadays.

-Ossama
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Ossama Othman <othman@cs.wustl.edu>
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