Re: A question of time... (fwd)

["Ellen R. Murphy" <emurphy@UMD5.UMD.EDU>]

I'm not sending a flame but sorry, before common era and common era were
in use long before politically correct people were conceived. These terms
have long been used in Jewish sources as an alternative to BC and AD.
It's a matter of religious preference and I don't think that should
offend anyone. Ellen Murphy Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School Rockville, MD

On Sat, 14 Jan 1995, Karen M. Brown wrote:

> CE and BCE are a "politically correct" replacement for BC and AD--they
> mean in the Common Era and Before the Common Era--I don't like it-- BC
> and AD work for me.
>                          Karen McCahill Brown
> Library Media Teacher
> Burlingame Intermediate School
> Burlingame, CA  94010
> kabrown@eis.calstate.edu
>