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Subject: Re: [9front] Re: commit 671d8daa0f2d7f067b8ab3d547adbd718da93fe9
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Quoth Dave Woodman <dave@naffnet.org.uk>:
> On 13/02/2024 18:21, Anthony Martin wrote:
> > Jacob Moody <moody@posixcafe.org> once said:
> >> I admit I was unfamiliar with the varying adoption dates.
> >> I thought it was referring to the use of the Gregorian calendar
> >> itself, not the adoption date. I removed it because referring to
> >> England's colonies in the present tense rubs me the wrong way.
> >> I pitched this on the grid and others had also shared my reading of this.
> >>
> >> I agree that we can document that this is the adoption rate used, but I would
> >> like to be more direct with it.
> > Understood. I suggest either reverting the commit if you, like
> > myself, enjoy Unix history or restoring the original but with the
> > parenthetical about the colonies removed. Just saying England
> > should be fine.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >    Anthony
> >
> Sitting here in Blighty I agree that the original wording seemed to 
> imply that the colonies were still a thing. As an absolute minimum, 
> re-phasing to be 'former colonies' if the original intent of 
> geographical scope needs  to be maintained, otherwise just England, as 
> proposed.
> 
> Dave.

My proposed color for this bikeshed:

	'The date of the Gregorian Reformation in England (Sept 2, 1752) is assumed.'