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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread old style #148742 10/07/05 10:06 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City I inselpeter OP Pooh-Bah OP inselpeter Pooh-Bah I Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City In the para. 2 of vol. 1 of his "History of England," David Hume writes: "I was born the 26th of April, 1711, old style, at Edinburgh." Does "old style" refer to the calendar, to the birth, . . . ? It is the method of reckoning dates by the Julian calendar. Last edited by inselpeter; 10/07/05 10:43 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted old style inselpeter 10/07/05 10:06 PM Re: old style Father Steve 10/08/05 12:06 AM Julian vs. Gregorian calendars wofahulicodoc 10/08/05 12:11 AM Re: Julian vs. Gregorian calendars inselpeter 10/08/05 01:02 AM Re: Julian vs. Gregorian calendars zmjezhd 10/08/05 11:03 AM Re: Julian vs. Gregorian calendars Jackie 10/08/05 02:17 PM koine Father Steve 10/08/05 02:23 PM Re: koine Jackie 10/08/05 02:27 PM Re: koine zmjezhd 10/08/05 03:42 PM Re: koine Faldage 10/08/05 04:29 PM Re: Julian vs. Gregorian calendars Bingley 10/08/05 02:29 PM Re: Julian vs. Gregorian calendars inselpeter 10/08/05 08:13 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,921 Members9,197 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish, Renegade98 9,197 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 882 guests, and 15 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 26 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,911 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,949 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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