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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Month Names #45225 10/21/01 03:11 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 K Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel K Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 I vaguely recall that February has only 28 days because Julius Caeser and August Caesar each took one day from February and added that day to their respective months, July and August, so that their months would not be shorter than others. Can anyone confirm or correct? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Month Names Ants 10/19/01 08:30 PM Re: Month Names Jazzoctopus 10/20/01 12:02 AM Re: Month Names wwh 10/20/01 12:58 AM Re: Month Names Jazzoctopus 10/20/01 07:16 PM Re: Month Names musick 10/20/01 08:02 PM Re: Month Names Jazzoctopus 10/20/01 10:44 PM Re: Month Names of troy 10/21/01 03:02 PM Re: Month Names Keiva 10/21/01 03:11 PM Re: Month Names NicholasW 10/21/01 04:35 PM Beginning of seasons NicholasW 10/21/01 04:43 PM Re: Beginning of seasons Keiva 10/21/01 10:49 PM Max Quordlepleen 10/21/01 11:09 PM Re: Beginning of seasons NicholasW 10/22/01 07:10 AM Re: Beginning of seasons TEd Remington 10/25/01 01:21 PM Re: Beginning of seasons of troy 10/25/01 02:03 PM Re: Saints and Souls jmh 10/26/01 08:20 AM Re: Beginning of seasons Ants 10/25/01 07:32 PM Re: Beginning of seasons satin 10/25/01 07:51 PM Re: Beginning of seasons of troy 10/25/01 08:48 PM Re: Beginning of seasons wwh 10/25/01 08:55 PM Re: Beginning of seasons Bingley 10/26/01 05:19 AM Re: Beginning of seasons stales 11/04/01 11:32 AM Re: Beginning of seasons Flatlander 11/02/01 05:19 PM Timing of Christmas TEd Remington 11/02/01 05:43 PM Re: Beginning of seasons Faldage 10/25/01 01:55 PM Re: Beginning of seasons stales 11/04/01 11:46 AM Re: Beginning of seasons Capital Kiwi 11/04/01 03:59 PM Re: Beginning of seasons stales 11/05/01 02:31 AM Old New Year's Day Bobyoungbalt 10/22/01 01:20 AM Michaelmas Jackie 10/22/01 03:30 PM Re: Month Names NicholasW 10/21/01 11:59 AM Re: Month Names Bobyoungbalt 10/20/01 01:16 AM Re: Month Names Rouspeteur 10/20/01 03:26 PM Re: Month Names wwh 10/20/01 04:37 PM Re: Month Names Bingley 10/22/01 07:40 AM Calendar changes rodward 10/24/01 10:37 AM Re: Calendar changes Bingley 10/25/01 04:09 AM Re: Supputation Faldage 10/25/01 01:45 PM Re: Supputation Bingley 10/26/01 05:31 AM Re: Supputation TEd Remington 10/26/01 01:29 PM Calendar adjustments TEd Remington 10/25/01 01:04 PM Re: Calendar adjustments Keiva 10/25/01 06:37 PM Re: Month Names Sparteye 10/21/01 06:09 PM Re: Month Names wwh 11/02/01 07:22 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,345 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 718 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 20 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,547 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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