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From: mills@acc.com (Michael Mills)
Subject: Re: Why AD Latin, BC English?
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> >Two related questions:
> >(1) Are AD and BC used in other languages? If not, what initials
> >are used instead, and what do they stand for?
> 
French uses av.-j.c. and ap.-j.c for, respectively, "avant jesus christ" 
(= before j.c.) and "apres jesus christ" (= after ....).
