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In Slovenia we used to have the old Slavic names for months, but somewhere around my or my parent’s generation they completely died in favor of roman months. M
by Swizec 7y ago
In Slovenia we used to have the old Slavic names for months, but somewhere around my or my parent’s generation they completely died in favor of roman months.
My grandpa is still fluent in them, my parents knew about them and probably knew how to use them once upon a time, I know them as something you see on very old calendars and a curiosity we learned about in kindergarten.
All I remember is that my birthday month, October, is called listopad because it’s when leaves fall down
- ajuc 7y agoThat's the thing with moving the months back and forth :), in Poland listopad is November, and October is październik (comes from paździerz (chaff?) - the husks of grains separated by threshing it).
- Swizec 7y agoActually you know what, I messed it up. Listopad is November. October is vinotoč because it's when young wine turns into real wine. Just goes to show how little this stuff is used nowadays :D Although wikipedia[1] says that listopad is an alternative name for October. I am now sufficiently confused. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovene_months https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovene_months