On 24 Feb 2012 at 11:59, Steve Allen wrote: > On Fri 2012-02-24T19:52:19 +0000, Ian Batten hath writ: > > Steve's original claim was about "acts of parliament". > > Prior to the detailed tables there is section 2 > http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apgb/Geo2/24/23/section/2 > which says "bissextile" (or, as in the original printing, > "biffextile").
Some almanacs as late as the 1970s still referred to "the Bissextile, or Leap Year", though I think the Old Farmers Almanac eventually modernized its style enough to avoid such archaic usages. -- == Dan == Dan's Mail Format Site: http://mailformat.dan.info/ Dan's Web Tips: http://webtips.dan.info/ Dan's Domain Site: http://domains.dan.info/ _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
