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

From: Erkki I. Kolehmainen (eik@iki.fi)
Date: Fri Dec 21 2007 - 00:33:45 CST

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    The default for each language should be chosen by the vetting process,
    which, in light of this proliferated discussion, could turn out to be
    unnecessarily difficult for English.

    We have two sets of values for Finnish, and the BC/AD equivalent pair is the
    dominant one.

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    Puolesta John H. Jenkins
    Lahetetty: 20. joulukuuta 2007 19:56
    Vastaanottaja: Unicode Discussion
    Aihe: Re: CLDR Usage of Gregorian Calendar Era Terms: BC and AD -- Can we
    please have "CE" and "BCE" ?

    On Dec 19, 2007, at 7:20 PM, Ed Trager wrote:

    > I forgot to add that the default should be CE/BCE precisely because it
    > is religiously neutral as the religioustolerance.org article points
    > out.
    >

    With respect, I disagree. CLDR defaults should be based on prevalent
    use. If BC/AD are still more common, then use those as the defaults.
    CLDR should be descriptive, not prescriptive.

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    John H. Jenkins
    jenkins@apple.com

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