Jakylla@sh.itjust.worksM to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoTo name the Monthsi.imgur.comimagemessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1322arrow-down17
arrow-up1315arrow-down1imageTo name the Monthsi.imgur.comJakylla@sh.itjust.worksM to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-squareIWantToFuckSpez@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 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-up3·1 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-squareuniqueid198x@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIts the shortest month because it was considered the unluckiest month and they literally wanted it to be over sooner.
minus-squareAlto@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI was under the impression that July (Julious) and August (Augustus) were the two shoehored in
minus-squareIWantToFuckSpez@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoNo they just renamed Quintilis (5th) and Sextilis (6th) to July and August
minus-squarekandoh@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 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)_/¯
Its the shortest month because it was considered the unluckiest month and they literally wanted it to be over sooner.
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
It sort of bothers me that we don’t change them back.
I’m all about sex month
That’s even dumber!