Sunday, June 10, 2007

e.g , i.e

Ever wonder what E.g. and I.e. stand for?

It trickles my curiosity bone, so I googled it up.

e.g. = exempli gratia ( Latin , ya..see the italic..they always use italic for Latin)

i.e. = id est ( also Latin)

..my curiosity expands..

B.C. is before Christ....A.D. ? its anno domino means the Year of the Lord. B.C.E. ( Before Common Era ) and C.E. ( Common Era ) meant the same respectively.

And...anymore..yes..

a.m. means ante meridien (before noon) and p.m. means post meridien ( after noon )

feeling satisfaction to know what has been abbrevating out daily usage of words.

1 comment:

c a r c a r said...

e.g = example given,
i.e = that is...

my way to remember :P