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This is the Conversation Forum for h2g2 Announcements << Wednesday 14 September, 2011: Announcements From h2g2's Future Wednesday 7 September, 2011: Announcements From h2g2's Future >> Subject: Thursday 1 September, 2011: Announcements From h2g2's Future Posted Sep 4, 2011 by Dmitri Gheorgheni This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 181 Uh-huh... ...you find out who makes the best latkes... Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Thursday 1 September, 2011: Announcements From h2g2's Future Posted Sep 4, 2011 by Malabarista - live a little! The night is young, and we have umbrellas in our drinks. This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 182 >>*Christmas* has always been Jesus' birthday<< No, Jesus was born in the summer, we celebrate in winter. In Eastern Germany, they weren't supposed to celebrate Christmas either. The shops did sell chocolate angels and santas, though, and called them "Jahresendfiguren" - "year's end figures". It also happened to coincide with one of the two times per year we could send them care packages from the west, with coffee and sweets... Subject: Thursday 1 September, 2011: Announcements From h2g2's Future Posted Sep 4, 2011 by Pierce The Pirate ~ thingite keybearer ~ visit my ship at A579684 This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 183 re 178: Winther solstice was celebrated for many years up here before the christians came and called it christmas and claimed Jesus was born this day But there is no "year zero" - never has been - ergo: Jesus has never been born Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Thursday 1 September, 2011: Announcements From h2g2's Future Posted Sep 4, 2011 by Nick This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 184 Jesus was born in August of 1979. I just spoke to him out on the street and he said so. Oh wait, you mean that other one? Carpenter family and stuff? Sorry ... Subject: Thursday 1 September, 2011: Announcements From h2g2's Future Posted Sep 4, 2011 by Pierce The Pirate ~ thingite keybearer ~ visit my ship at A579684 This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 185 re 182: we got care packages in return from the east since my great-uncle was a leading member of the socialist party and could not accept the fact that we had more they had Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Thursday 1 September, 2011: Announcements From h2g2's Future Posted Sep 5, 2011 by Pierce The Pirate ~ thingite keybearer ~ visit my ship at A579684 This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 186 I just remembered watching a documentary years ago where several s discussed when Jesus was born, judging from astronomical obervations (the socalled over Bethlehem) and other facts. They only agreed on one thing: He could never have been born 24.-25. December in the year that is left out of our calendar, but possibly a few years before or after Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Thursday 1 September, 2011: Announcements From h2g2's Future Posted Sep 5, 2011 by Mr. Dreadful - Give a man a fish and he might not like fish and you've just wasted a fish... This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 187 ">>*Christmas* has always been Jesus' birthday<< No, Jesus was born in the summer, we celebrate in winter. " Bugger. Out-pedanted. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Thursday 1 September, 2011: Announcements From h2g2's Future Posted Sep 5, 2011 by Vip This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 188 Hang on, I thought your point was that Jesus' birthday is Christmas, regardless of when you celebrate it. A birthday is a birthday, it's just that Jesus' has a special name. Heck, on the 12th of December it's Vipmas. For political reasons, the date was changed to coincide with numerous other winter festivals, but the name 'Christmas' has always been associated with Jesus. Before this date, the term 'Christmas' didn't exist. People may have celebrated Yule or other winter festivals instead, but they weren't 'Christmas'. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Thursday 1 September, 2011: Announcements From h2g2's Future Posted Sep 5, 2011 by Mr. Dreadful - Give a man a fish and he might not like fish and you've just wasted a fish... This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 189 Actually, yeah... it's like the Queen's Official Birthday. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Thursday 1 September, 2011: Announcements From h2g2's Future Posted Sep 5, 2011 by Mrs Zen This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 190 This of course is assuming there was a Jesus. http://books.google.com/books?id=Kz...SBN0802862926&source=gbs_navlinks_s Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Thursday 1 September, 2011: Announcements From h2g2's Future Posted Sep 5, 2011 by Vip This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 191 ... Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Thursday 1 September, 2011: Announcements From h2g2's Future Posted Sep 5, 2011 by Icy North This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 192 Who started all this nonsense about JC being born in year zero? He was born in 1 AD. We called the previous year 1 BC. There was no good concept of zero at the time this calendar was designed. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Thursday 1 September, 2011: Announcements From h2g2's Future Posted Sep 5, 2011 by Mr. Dreadful - Give a man a fish and he might not like fish and you've just wasted a fish... This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 193 Good point Icy... you never hear anyone say "The Year Of Our Lord Excluding The One He Was Actually Born In" Subject: Thursday 1 September, 2011: Announcements From h2g2's Future Posted Sep 5, 2011 by Gnomon is taking a rest This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 194 I never say "cheers" meaning "thanks", even though other Irish people around me have started doing it. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Thursday 1 September, 2011: Announcements From h2g2's Future Posted Sep 5, 2011 by Dmitri Gheorgheni This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 195 Do y'all say 'ta'? I always found that one odd. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Thursday 1 September, 2011: Announcements From h2g2's Future Posted Sep 5, 2011 by Gnomon is taking a rest This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 196 Not in Ireland we don't. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Thursday 1 September, 2011: Announcements From h2g2's Future Posted Sep 5, 2011 by Lanzababy This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 197 They do say 'ta', for 'thanks' here Dmitri (in N Staffs) - and 'ta-ta' or 't-ra' for goodbye. In Spanish the imperative for 'to give' is da. Which sounds a whole lot like 'ta' - most parents teach their baby to give you something by saying 'ta' and holding out their hand. Or 'da' - if they're Spanish. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Thursday 1 September, 2011: Announcements From h2g2's Future Posted Sep 5, 2011 by Vip This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 198 I say 'ta'. I don't say 'cheers' though, unless it's clear the the person I'm saying it to is the sort of person that would say it to me. I guess it's partly that we end up saying thankyou so many times in an exchange that it's nice to have a bit of variety! Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Thursday 1 September, 2011: Announcements From h2g2's Future Posted Sep 5, 2011 by Dmitri Gheorgheni This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 199 Thx for the info. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Thursday 1 September, 2011: Announcements From h2g2's Future Posted Sep 5, 2011 by Mr. Dreadful - Give a man a fish and he might not like fish and you've just wasted a fish... This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 200 I say 'ta' to friends, and like vip say 'cheers' if talking to someone who seems to be the sort who'd say it to me. 'Ta' is definitely more common in the Midlands and further north. Conversation list Conversation list

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