2007-07-29 04:58:00 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Yes and no... BC can be interpereted as Before Comedy, but more specifically, BC is interpereted as Before Colbert. The age before the Colbert Report was a dark and scary time. We can now begin recording time as AS, After Stephen.
2007-07-29 06:00:36 · answer #1 · answered by red 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, although BC and AD sound like they should be Before Christ and After Death, their real meanings are actually Latin words. It might mean the same in English and coincidentally have the same initials, though.
There's a new dating system now that changed BC to BCE for Before Common Era.
Whoever told you it was Before Comedy may have had a point, though. ;)
2007-07-29 16:54:21 · answer #2 · answered by Scorponis 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
BC does mean before Christ but AD does not stand for after death but Anno Domini which is latin for year of our Lord. Serious archaeology now uses BP before present to avoid having to add 2000 to figures..
2007-08-02 11:26:02 · answer #3 · answered by Jo Greendragon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
B.C. = Before Christ, and A.D. does NOT mean "After Death" as so many people are saying on this. A.D. = Anno Domini or "Year of our Lord"
2007-07-29 13:58:01 · answer #4 · answered by unforgivenIII 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It should! I use CE(Common Era) and BCE(Before the Common Era) to avoid religions in which I do not believe. I live at Chinatown and use the Chinese calendar. This is Year 4705 on it.
2007-07-29 13:33:05 · answer #5 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Aye, the world was truely a dark place back then....
one funny remark and you got a spear in your gut..
Thank Ojo for inventing comedy!
2007-07-29 12:19:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It means Before Christ.
2007-07-29 12:08:20 · answer #7 · answered by catsmeowjrk2000 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Bc- B4 Christ
Ad- Ano Domini, latin for " In the year of our lord"
2007-07-29 12:55:29 · answer #8 · answered by ? and ?: The Light of the World 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
no it means before christ and ad mean after death like after christ died
2007-07-29 13:35:39 · answer #9 · answered by Miley 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before Christ ---- A.D. means -- After Death ( of Christ )
2007-07-29 18:24:42 · answer #10 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋