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A.D. doesn't mean "anno domini?"




A.D. does mean "anno domini". Y.L means "year (of our) Lord".

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A.D. is not Latin for Year of our Lord, it's Latin for Y.L. but that's probably too nit picky.




A.D. doesn't mean "anno domini?"




I *think Faldo's point was that A.D. is an abrev. of "anno domini", and the englished equiv. would be Y.L. non?
(yeah, prolly too nitpicky)

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nitpicky? us?


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I can't put my finger on why, but I feel deeply suspicious about this.
- Me too. It hardly furthers anyone's wisdom.

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