Subject: Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year   
   From: Wolf K    
       
   On 2017-01-02 15:20, Mark Storkamp wrote:   
   > In article <6fyaA.93321$%J2.54228@fx20.iad>,   
   >  Wolf K  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2017-01-02 14:46, Mark Storkamp wrote:   
   >>> In article ,   
   >>>  Mark Lloyd  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>> ** - I try to use CE / BCE instead of AD / BC. The numbers are the same,   
   >>>> and it avoids a particular assumption.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> [snip]   
   >>>   
   >>> And it's easy to remember too. Christian Era and Before Christian Era.   
   >>   
   >> CE = Church of England BCE = Before Church of England. You'll need a   
   >> calculator.   
   >>   
   >> Heh heh.   
   >>   
   >> Actually, it's "Common Era" and "Before Common Era". Paleontologists and   
   >> such use YBP = Years Before Present.   
   >   
   > What was it that happened 2018 years ago that made that year uncommon,   
   > as opposed to the year 2017 years ago that was more in common with   
   > todays year? I'd think anything before about AD 1900 is rather uncommon   
   > by todays standards. In general, I think anything over 100 years old is   
   > always uncommon to the modern generation, so we should use a sliding   
   > scale for years and it will always be 100 ME (modern era).   
       
   Nicely argued pedantry. I like it. :-)   
       
   You'll find 6 meanings for "common" in the Concise Oxford English    
   Dictionary, and more in the big one.   
       
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   Wolf K   
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