An article on BC/BCE and AD/CE from rogueclassicism

[conuly]

Take a wild guess about which side I'm on.

Comments

[ancarett]

I tend to use B.C. and A.D. because I love Latin and I am a very old creature of habit. However, my students are clearly told that they're free to use either set of terms -- I point out where some of their texts use either and, also, exactly what the terms mean. Most don't know what A.D. signifies, let along B.C., C.E. or B.C.E.

[conuly]

That's fair. Though BC isn't, last I checked, a Latin term. Hm. What *do* they use in other countries for BC?

[theshiversbaby.livejournal.com]

I *believe* it's "AC" in Spanish, for "Antes de Cristo" (literally "before Christ"). I haven't used this in quite awhile, however, so it would be great if someone could verify...::elbows any hispanohablantes who might be reading this::