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Re: The year dot (was: Ebisedian number system)

From:Barbara Barrett <barbarabarrett@...>
Date:Friday, July 19, 2002, 0:34
> Christian Chirped: > I was under the impression that the > peculiarity of the time system was due to the Church not liking > the thought of Christ being born in the year naught. At least > that was my mother's guess when I asked her about that many years > ago. ;-)
Barbara Babbles; There's no "0" year for the same reason there's no "zero egg" in a carton of half a dozen.