Re: CLDR Usage of Gregorian Calendar Era Terms: BC and AD -- Can we please have "CE" and "BCE" ?

From: John Hudson (john@tiro.ca)
Date: Wed Dec 19 2007 - 12:58:11 CST

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    Ed Trager wrote:

    > While these two era terms quite naturally arose from the fact that the
    > Gregorian calendar was promulgated by the Christian church, many
    > --myself included-- will now argue that these two terms should be
    > supplanted by the completely secular terms, "CE - Common Era" and "BCE
    > - Before Common Era".
    ...
    > => In the very best case, the anachronistic terms "BC" and "AD"
    > could be removed from CLDR altogether.

    While I agree that BCE and CE should be *added* to CLDR, I don't agree that BC and AD are
    best removed, because they are the preferred terms of a very significant user community.
    CLDR should reflect the usage, and that includes both BC/AD and BCE/CE.

    John Hudson 

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