From: Eric Christopherson (rakko@charter.net)
Date: Sun Aug 18 2002 - 02:48:04 EST
On Sat, Aug 17, 2002 at 08:15:37AM -0700, Padraic Brown wrote:
> --- Eric Christopherson <rakko@charter.net> wrote:
> > > By definition, all Romance languages would be
> > > descended from some kind of VL, whether that's the
> > > VL of the ii century AC or the i century AD.
> >
> > Curious -- what does "AC" stand for?
>
> Er. "Ante Christum"? (Or "Ante Christo" in Spanish.)
> Sometimes I type things in Foreign and don't realise
> I've done it until after I puch the "send" button.
Ah. Odd... in all the years I've studied Spanish, I didn't know how to say
"A.D." and "B.C." in it.
-- Furrfu! r a k k o at c h a r t e r dot n e t
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