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> Of course "AD" is Latin, and the AD2015 order is probably appropriate for Latin.

It'd be just as appropriate if Anno Domini was translated into English.



Funny: when movies in English are dubbed to Spanish, the Latin expression is expanded and translated also, placed before the number: "era el año del Señor 1212 cuando...". It sounds good as if it were an archaism (the normal way of speaking is "1212 después de cristo" or 1212 DC).




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