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Hello,
When you are reading a text aloud for other listeners and encounter the acronyms AD and BC, how should a native speaker normally read them?
1) "After Christ" and "before Christ"?
2) "ey-dee" and "bee-cee"
3) 1 or 2 (if this is the case, which is more common -- 1 or 2?)
4) Other way
Another related question:
Is AD ever read as "Anno Domini" by pupils in normal primary and secondary schools? If it is, how do you pronounce it? Which syllables are stressed?
Thank you very much.
When you are reading a text aloud for other listeners and encounter the acronyms AD and BC, how should a native speaker normally read them?
1) "After Christ" and "before Christ"?
2) "ey-dee" and "bee-cee"
3) 1 or 2 (if this is the case, which is more common -- 1 or 2?)
4) Other way
Another related question:
Is AD ever read as "Anno Domini" by pupils in normal primary and secondary schools? If it is, how do you pronounce it? Which syllables are stressed?
Thank you very much.
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