- GreatTitEnthusiast ( @GreatTitEnthusiast@mander.xyz ) English64•4 months ago
Took me a second
They wouldn’t call the year 59 bc in 59 bc
- Unbeelievable ( @Unbeelievable@beehaw.org ) English38•4 months ago
They would probably not speak Modern English either.
- Che Banana ( @The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org ) English5•4 months ago
- Jolteon ( @Jolteon@lemmy.zip ) English26•4 months ago
So, what would somebody say the year was if they were asked at that point?
A universal calendar hasn’t been established yet so it would depend on where you are.
For example today in 59 BC under the Athenian calendar would be 17 of Thargelion, Ol.180.1
- runeko ( @runeko@programming.dev ) English9•4 months ago
Pretty sure they would respond, “Get away from me, demon! Stop talking in tongues!”
- Jolteon ( @Jolteon@lemmy.zip ) English4•4 months ago
I’m pretty sure the concept of somebody speaking another language from you existed back then.
- runeko ( @runeko@programming.dev ) English7•4 months ago
Get away from me, demon! Stop talking in tongues!
- azi ( @azi@mander.xyz ) English4•4 months ago
- gigachad ( @gigachad@feddit.de ) English2•4 months ago
They probably woukdn’t even know their own age
- 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️ ( @Kolanaki@yiffit.net ) English16•4 months ago
How do we know they mean BC as in “Before Christ” and not BC as in “Before Cambrian?”
- lolcatnip ( @lolcatnip@reddthat.com ) English18•4 months ago
Because they’re speaking modern English.
- jivandabeast ( @jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.dev ) English5•4 months ago
Except that person is a time traveler, so they would be speaking modern English regardless
- zaphod ( @zaphod@sopuli.xyz ) English4•4 months ago
“Before” implies something hasn’t happened yet, therefore if they know it’s before “something” they must be a time traveller from some after C, whatever the C might be.
- ILikeBoobies ( @ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ) English1•4 months ago
If he gave you the year 113 would you know that was our current year?
Only if they gave you the full date, otherwise it could potentially be a lot of things still.
- ILikeBoobies ( @ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ) English1•4 months ago
As in saying “Juche 113”?
I don’t think common people announce it that way
Yeah, I’m not too familiar with the intricacies of that. I just did anthropology as an elective.
- ILikeBoobies ( @ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ) English1•4 months ago
North Korea counts years since the birth of Kim il Sung (their first leader/the revolutionary who stood up against Japanese occupation)