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Jesus Christ now it's on HN, too? I literally cannot escape mention of this on Silvester. /hj t. German
by Dilettante_ 2y ago
Jesus Christ now it's on HN, too? I literally cannot escape mention of this on Silvester. /hj
t. German
- diggan 2y agoNever heard "Silvester" before and thought it was some new German social network. Turns out it's just "New Year's Eve" in German.
- riidom 2y agoNamed after pope Silvester I., who happened to die on 31.12. .. somewhere around 300 AD I think
- CRConrad 2y agoI'd guess in most countries that follow the Name Day[1] tradition (most countries in Europe and Latin America, it appears), Sylvester's day is on Dec 31st[2]. The Germans just use the name to refer to the day (and spell it with an 'i' -- which TIL seems to be the original spelling); dunno, maybe others do too. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_day [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Sylvester%27s_Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Sylvester%27s_Day
- usrusr 2y agoAt this point I think it's a bit of an NYE tradition on HN to link and upvote that guardian article from 2018. I don't mind it, less confused blank faces when I accidentally recite parts of it to people who aren't German (or Norwegian, apparently)
- leipert 2y agoSame procedure as every year.
- Tomte 2y agoIn general: You should upvote stories you don’t like and be happy. Now you can click on „hide“ and all further submissions will be dupes. Otherwise you‘d see lots of similar submissions of other articles about it.