On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:30:10 +0200, andrel wrote:

> On 5-10-2011 20:16, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:39:42 +0200, andrel wrote:
>>
>>> On 5-10-2011 18:03, Stephen wrote:
>>>> On 05/10/2011 3:57 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>>>>> I thought they just called it "the year of the cat"?
>>>>> You're thinking of the Chinese calendar.
>>>>
>>>> In the Century of the Anchovy.
>>>
>>> Anyone knows what year this is and next will be. I though I saw it on
>>> the calendar, but can't find it.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_calendar
>>
>> Looks like this year is the rabbit, next is dragon.
> 
> Sure in the Chinese calendar, but 'the Century of the Anchovy' is not a
> reference to the Chinese one but to the calendar from Unseen University
> in Ankh-Morpork.

Oh, I see - you hadn't specified, and I thought that's what you were 
asking.

Jim

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