[Spellyans] Abbreviating Ordinal Numbers
Eddie Climo
eddie_climo at yahoo.co.uk
Tue Mar 24 17:39:39 GMT 2009
Agreed; I also prefer to omit the suffixed letters in both English and
Cornish dates.
However, it's worth emphasising that this is merely a matter of
personal preference or style, as it would be in Cornish. Others may
wish to make different choices, and they'd be none the worse for that!
Eddie
On 24 Mer 2009, at 16:57, nicholas williams wrote:
> ... In dates, however, I prefer to omit the -es always:
>
> 25 Merth 2009
> 3 Gwyngala 2010
> 17 Gortheren 1956
> 31 Est 1975, h.e.
>
> This is what Irish does and it seems to be more elegant than adding
> es whether superscript or not.
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