Jakylla@sh.itjust.worksM to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoTo name the Monthsi.imgur.comimagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down11
arrow-up1102arrow-down1imageTo name the Monthsi.imgur.comJakylla@sh.itjust.worksM to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareIWantToFuckSpez@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThe Romans had a 10 month calendar that started with March. Then later they added January and February to better match the lunar cycles in a year. Hence the mismatch of the numbered months.
minus-squaredentoid@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI always assumed this is why the leap day is in february, since it would coincide with the end of the roman calendar
minus-squareRinox@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI think it’s in February because it’s the shortest month, and it’s the shortest month because it was the last one, with all the remaining days. The thing I’m not sure about is why some months have 30 days, some 31 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
minus-squareAlto@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI was under the impression that July (Julious) and August (Augustus) were the two shoehored in
minus-squareIWantToFuckSpez@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNo they just renamed Quintilis (5th) and Sextilis (6th) to July and August
minus-squarekandoh@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt sort of bothers me that we don’t change them back.
The Romans had a 10 month calendar that started with March. Then later they added January and February to better match the lunar cycles in a year. Hence the mismatch of the numbered months.
I always assumed this is why the leap day is in february, since it would coincide with the end of the roman calendar
I think it’s in February because it’s the shortest month, and it’s the shortest month because it was the last one, with all the remaining days.
The thing I’m not sure about is why some months have 30 days, some 31 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I was under the impression that July (Julious) and August (Augustus) were the two shoehored in
No they just renamed Quintilis (5th) and Sextilis (6th) to July and August
That’s even dumber!
It sort of bothers me that we don’t change them back.
I’m all about sex month