Reading a Chronological Table - Question

[TriciaG]

I'm going to be reading a chronological table. It contains question marks after some dates, such as:

147? Justin Martyr's Apologies.
148? Martyrdom of Justin Martyr.
(Edit to add: These are around the year 147-148, not the 1470's and 1480's.)

How would I read these?

(It does also have come circas:
c. 150 Marcion at Rome.
c. 175 Praxeas teaches.
but those are easy to read. I don't want to read the question marks and the circas in the same manner.)

[Starlite]

147? Justin Martyr's Apologies

I would say fourteen seventy something..

Esther

[TriciaG]

Except it's about the year 147, not 1470.

Sorry I didn't make that clear.

[Starlite]

OOPS ya I see that now...



"In the year 147 or thereabouts"?

Sorry not much help....

Esther

[CarlManchester]

147?

I'd shout it and raise the intonation of your voice at the end.

[kayray]

Hum. I guess I'd use a questioning intonation. That's a puzzler :)

[Leni]

Well, the "?" after the date means it's questionable, that there is no consensus among the specialists, or that there is doubt about it, so it is really different from "circa". I don't know what word would be better to use in English, since it's not my native language, but in Portuguese, when we read this kind of thing, we say the date and then something like "questionable" or "doubtful" after the date.

[TriciaG]

Well, the "?" after the date means it's questionable, that there is no consensus among the specialists, or that there is doubt about it, so it is really different from "circa". I don't know what word would be better to use in English, since it's not my native language, but in Portuguese, when we read this kind of thing, we say the date and then something like "questionable" or "doubtful" after the date.

That's a thought. "147 questionable - Justin Martyr blah blah blah." Works for me!

Thanks, folks!