meridiem
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Sir: In Mexico, it is a common use to interpret p.m. not as post meridiem but rather as puntualidad Mexicana, which means one or two hours after the stated time.
From Time Magazine Archive
A few minutes past four o'clock, ante meridiem, word was brought to them that the Prince had boarded the Berengaria by "swarming up a rope ladder."
From Time Magazine Archive
The word meridiem itself, why is it not medidiem?
From The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 by Marcus Tullius Cicero
I wish all hours were post meridiem," Said Tom; "so that I were well rid of 'm.
From Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) by John Gay
For the same reason non scire would now be deemed a barbarism, becaule nescire has a smoother sound; and we have likewise substituted meridiem for medidiem, because the latter was offensive to the ear.
From Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. by E. Jones
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