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It's not only July and August; January, May, June, and Mars, are named after Roman gods; February and April after Roman rituals; and September to December after
by toyg 4mo ago
It's not only July and August; January, May, June, and Mars, are named after Roman gods; February and April after Roman rituals; and September to December after Roman numerals (7 to 10th month, as they were when the calendar first started).
- Insanity 4mo agoYup exactly :) I named July/August for the connection to real people, but yeah it’s pretty much all around us.
- Zardoz84 4mo agoAlso the weekdays in many Latin derived languages.
- bloppe 4mo agoAlso the vast majority of the rest of the vocabulary in those languages
- benj111 4mo ago>Mars While not technically incorrect(?) I'm guessing you meant March?
- baud147258 4mo agoMaybe they're French and forgot to translate that month (in French March = mars)
- toyg 4mo agoYeah, freudian slip.