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Do you think 12:00pm is noon or midnight?
From
Dr. Jai Maharaj
@21:1/5 to
All
on Sun Jan 14 22:28:26 2018
XPost: soc.culture.indian, alt.fan.jai-maharaj, alt.usage.english
XPost: alt.english.usage, soc.culture.usa, soc.culture.india
In alt.usage.english, in article <
055f0a5d-65af-4121-846d-7a6461901a78@googlegroups.com
>,
r54d...@gmail.com
posted:
Noon
"By convention, 12 AM denotes midnight and 12 PM denotes
noon. Because of the potential for confusion, it is
advisable to use 12 noon and 12 midnight."
- The American Heritage Dictionary of the English
Language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-hour_clock
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
http://bit.do/jaimaharaj
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