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http://www.mithrandir.com/Tranquility/tranquility.html http://www.mithrandir.com/Tranquility/tranquility.html I think you're proposing this, 13 months named fo

http://www.mithrandir.com/Tranquility/tranquility.html http://www.mithrandir.com/Tranquility/tranquility.html I think you're proposing this, 13 months named for scientists, one day outside the year.

flukus 10y ago
Aldrin gets a day but Gargarin doesn't?
bluejekyll 10y ago
Yes. Perfect. I've never seen that before. Thanks for sharing. It will never sell in the US though, the mere inclusion of Darwin will make it a political nightmare as people would be convinced we're atheists trying to kill their god.
- reflexive 10y ago
  > people would be convinced we're atheists trying to kill their god When the reality is much less exciting... replacing the old gods with a deified version of Science.
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- Asooka 10y ago
  Or, we use Latin names of numbers. So, Unusber, Duober, Tresber, Quattorber, Quinber, Sexber [rename as necessary for America], September, October, November, December, Undecimber, Duodecimber, Tredecimber.
  - fao_ 10y ago
    Unusber It might not be correct, but I would prefer "Unober"
  - talideon 10y ago
    These would be better names from a purely phonological point of view: Unusper, Tresper, Quattober, Sexper. That way you don't have awkward clusters of both voiced and unvoiced consonants. The -ber affix having originally come from mensris (-mens-ris > *-membris > -ber), devoicing the initial 'b' to 'p' in those circumstances is reasonable enough. 'Quattober' is a simplification that makes it fit the pattern better. Alternatively, you would rely on the ordinals, dropping the -us ending and replacing it with -ilis as in Sextilis and Quintilis.
  - boterock 10y ago
    four decembers would endorse extremely premature christmas decoration
- vidarh 10y ago
  Introduce it as a means to purge the name of non-Christian gods from their current months and days, and suggest any opponents can't be monotheists after all given that they give other deities such a prominent position in their lives.
- serge2k 10y ago
  I'd vote against it. Mostly cause it's lame though.
programmer_dude 10y ago
The 0th month should be dedicated to Aryabhata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryabhata#Place_value_system_and_zero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryabhata#Place_value_system_a...
- arjunnarayan 10y ago
  I was thinking Al-Khwarizmi.
calanya 10y ago
For male scientists. Feels weird

http://www.mithrandir.com/Tranquility/tranquility.html http://www.mithrandir.com/Tranquility/tranquility.html I think you're proposing this, 13 months named for scientists, one day outside the year.

flukus 10y ago

Aldrin gets a day but Gargarin doesn't?

bluejekyll 10y ago

Yes. Perfect. I've never seen that before. Thanks for sharing. It will never sell in the US though, the mere inclusion of Darwin will make it a political nightmare as people would be convinced we're atheists trying to kill their god.

reflexive 10y ago
> people would be convinced we're atheists trying to kill their god When the reality is much less exciting... replacing the old gods with a deified version of Science.
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Asooka 10y ago
Or, we use Latin names of numbers. So, Unusber, Duober, Tresber, Quattorber, Quinber, Sexber [rename as necessary for America], September, October, November, December, Undecimber, Duodecimber, Tredecimber.
- fao_ 10y ago
  Unusber It might not be correct, but I would prefer "Unober"
- talideon 10y ago
  These would be better names from a purely phonological point of view: Unusper, Tresper, Quattober, Sexper. That way you don't have awkward clusters of both voiced and unvoiced consonants. The -ber affix having originally come from mensris (-mens-ris > *-membris > -ber), devoicing the initial 'b' to 'p' in those circumstances is reasonable enough. 'Quattober' is a simplification that makes it fit the pattern better. Alternatively, you would rely on the ordinals, dropping the -us ending and replacing it with -ilis as in Sextilis and Quintilis.
- boterock 10y ago
  four decembers would endorse extremely premature christmas decoration
vidarh 10y ago
Introduce it as a means to purge the name of non-Christian gods from their current months and days, and suggest any opponents can't be monotheists after all given that they give other deities such a prominent position in their lives.
serge2k 10y ago
I'd vote against it. Mostly cause it's lame though.

programmer_dude 10y ago

The 0th month should be dedicated to Aryabhata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryabhata#Place_value_system_and_zero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryabhata#Place_value_system_a...

arjunnarayan 10y ago
I was thinking Al-Khwarizmi.

calanya 10y ago

For male scientists. Feels weird