Linguistics HumorEnglish · 1 year ago

To name the Months

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To name the Months

Linguistics HumorEnglish · 1 year ago

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It’s always rubbed me the wrong way that Oktoberfest doesn’t happen in October OR the 8th month.
- Prof_Eibe@discuss.tchncs.de
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  thats because the roman year started in march and october was the 8th month in their calendar.
  - uniqueid198x@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Naw, its cause it used to start in october but they moved it to september for better weather.
- dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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  Oktoberfest ends in October.

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