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07 Feb 10
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....and 13 months of the year .
would make a lot more sense surely ?
would make a lot more sense surely ?
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jhs ...yes,but that would hardly be a big deal .
so why are there 12 months in a year ?
so why are there 12 months in a year ?
I had a history Master who told us that old Julie boy used to pronounce his name as YooLEEus Kyzer.
neither did esus. There was no letter J until the middle-ages.
Why aren't there 28 days in a month ?
There are 28 days in every month.
HTH
There are 28 days in every month.
HTH
cunnybobbler 07 Feb 16:30
why even bother having months at all.
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You'd have to have a January or a month of sorts lol
so Christmas day would be the 359th of January :)
why even bother having months at all.
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You'd have to have a January or a month of sorts lol
so Christmas day would be the 359th of January :)
For sheer wackiness, you can't beat the French Revolutionary efforts to change the calendar.
There were twelve months, each divided into three ten-day weeks called décades. The tenth day, décadi, replaced Sunday as the day of rest and festivity. The five or six extra days needed to approximate the solar or tropical year were placed after the months at the end of each year.
A period of four years ending on a leap day was to be called a "Franciade." The name "Olympique" was originally proposed[4] but changed to Franciade to commemorate the fact that it had taken the revolution four years to establish a republican government in France.
The leap year was called Sextile, an allusion to the "bissextile" leap years of the Julian and Gregorian calendars, because it contained a sixth complementary day.
Each day in the Republican Calendar was divided into ten hours, each hour into 100 decimal minutes, and each decimal minute into 100 decimal seconds. Thus an hour was 8640 conventional seconds (more than twice as long as a conventional hour), a minute was 86.4 conventional seconds (slightly longer than a conventional minute), and a second was 0.864 conventional seconds (slightly shorter than a conventional second).
There were twelve months, each divided into three ten-day weeks called décades. The tenth day, décadi, replaced Sunday as the day of rest and festivity. The five or six extra days needed to approximate the solar or tropical year were placed after the months at the end of each year.
A period of four years ending on a leap day was to be called a "Franciade." The name "Olympique" was originally proposed[4] but changed to Franciade to commemorate the fact that it had taken the revolution four years to establish a republican government in France.
The leap year was called Sextile, an allusion to the "bissextile" leap years of the Julian and Gregorian calendars, because it contained a sixth complementary day.
Each day in the Republican Calendar was divided into ten hours, each hour into 100 decimal minutes, and each decimal minute into 100 decimal seconds. Thus an hour was 8640 conventional seconds (more than twice as long as a conventional hour), a minute was 86.4 conventional seconds (slightly longer than a conventional minute), and a second was 0.864 conventional seconds (slightly shorter than a conventional second).
I don't see how that's wacky as everything else is in the decimal system.
why dont we make every year 24 months long then we would all live twice as long
The Romans had a 10 month year, hence sept, oct, nov and dec prefixes for the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th months.
Got a bit mucked up when a couple of the caesar geezers decided that they were as important as Janus, Mars and co. So they stuck July (Julius) and August (Augustus) right in the bloody middle. No class, some folk! :D
Got a bit mucked up when a couple of the caesar geezers decided that they were as important as Janus, Mars and co. So they stuck July (Julius) and August (Augustus) right in the bloody middle. No class, some folk! :D
What did the Romans ever do for us - well they messed up our calender for one!
amazed no wur wikipedia cut and paste yet :0 slipping
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