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Author Topic: What does the AM/PM stand for? Nate Lehrke Master Film Handler Posts: 396 From: Denver, CO Registered: Oct 2002 posted 05-06-2003 01:30 AM                     I have been wondering. What does the AM & PM stand for when it comes to time? What is it an abbreviation for?  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 05-06-2003 01:43 AM                     Ante Meridian and Post Meridian. -Aaron  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 05-06-2003 01:43 AM                  A.M. = ante meridiem (Before noon) P.M. = post meridiem (After noon) Guess when meridiem occurs... >>> Phil  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 05-06-2003 07:16 AM                        That is not correct. AM stands for Ante Michaelian, and PM for Post Michaelian. It refers to the time when the sun is in its highest position in the sky to celebrate my divine greatness.  |  IP: Logged Don Bruechert Mmmmmmmmm, bird! Posts: 340 From: Manitowoc, WI, USA Registered: Jan 2003 posted 05-06-2003 08:28 AM                        And how did Michael become divine?, you may ask... Well, if you've ever heard of a "divining rod" and you have heard of the expression, "Spare the rod, spoil the child", you will understand that he was not properly devined, using the devining rod, as a child... Hence what we have today. Alas, he is our friend, and we must tolerate his divine behavior, but if he gets out of hand we can always have one of the mods step in and temporarily silence him (divine intervention). Of course, the poor guy could be totally confused about his divinity, especially if, upon entering a room, his parents would say "Jesus Christ, are you here again" or something similar....  |  IP: Logged Per Hauberg Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 883 From: Malling, Denmark Registered: Jul 2000 posted 05-06-2003 08:47 AM                        Circling around the german St. Michael of Berlin, it must be pre and after moistening (with brew of some kind) When the beer goes in, the brains go out, as it says somewhere in the scripts. (Frau Blucher's Modern Medieval CookBook, Part Two: Recipes with beer. -That's Food with neigh !)  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 05-06-2003 09:14 AM                        When Michael grows up he will lose the taste for and he will develope a taste for a Martini w/onions. You know what "they" say: One Martini Two Martini Three Martini Floor.  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 05-06-2003 09:34 AM                        I thought Martinis were taken with olives! What is a divining rod? Isn`t that the thing some people use to find water?  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 05-06-2003 10:13 AM                        Divining rods: http://www.cosbiotel.com/Pages/Ang/Eso/Radiesthesie/baguette.html http://www.dnr.state.mo.us/geology/adm/publications/WitchingWells.pdf http://www.evasion.ch/radiesthesie/diviningrod.html Divine Rods: http://home.pacbell.net/burlltd/ http://www.sienn.handshake.de/sobe.htm (Mark Hamill played Rod, in a role very different than Luke Skywalker)  |  IP: Logged Scott D. Neff Theatre Dork Posts: 919 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Oct 1999 posted 05-06-2003 01:36 PM                        And here I thought we were going to be talking about gas station convenience stores. MMmmm... gas-station food.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Worthing Master Film Handler Posts: 384 From: Hereford, UK Registered: Apr 2001 posted 05-06-2003 04:23 PM                     AM almost motivated PM premature movement  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 05-07-2003 02:42 AM                        NATE: A.M. = ante meridiem (Before noon) P.M. = post meridiem (After noon) AM basically happens before noon, except on rare occasions. By the way, Latin sucks. The reason it is a dead language is because it is not mad tight phiggidy phat like English is. I have no idea if AM and PM originated from Latin, but the fact about Latin still remains as said above.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-07-2003 07:05 AM                        Hmmm...I'm listening to an AM/FM radio right now. Joe: "rident stolidi verba latina"  |  IP: Logged Ian Price Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1714 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-07-2003 10:31 AM                     AM Amplitude Modulation FM Frequncy Modulation  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 05-07-2003 11:06 AM                        The history of the development of FM radio is interesting. The sad case of FM inventor Edwin Howard Armstrong is chronicled in Ken Burns' documentary film "Empire of the Air": http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/empire/ http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/films/empire.html http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/shop/products/wg2069.html  |  IP: Logged

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