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On Calendars
- wglb 17y agoWell, I have had the definition of blue moon wrong for some time now. Wikipedia gives a pretty thorough rundown currently as well.
- zacharypinter 17y agoI was expecting a post on time management, but was pleasantly entertained with this instead.
- johnthedebs 17y ago"Month and Moon are nearly the same word–why don’t they mean the same thing? The answer, of course, is that they once did." I'm no etymologist, but this didn't seem so obvious.
- joshu 17y agoSame root. See also menses.
- pavel_lishin 17y agoNot to mention, our current months almost match up to the moon's phases.