A Look At The Months...
Have you ever wondered how the names of the months came about?
If you recall your geometry, you will remember that a 3-sided polygon is called a triangle; a 4-sided, quadrilateral; a 5-sided, pentagon; a 6-sided, hexagon; a 7-sided, heptagon/septagon; an 8-sided, octagon; a 9-sided, nonagon; a 10-sided, decagon. Doesn't it seem weird then, that the 9th, 10th, 11th and the 12th months of the year are called September, October, November and December when obviously they refer to the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th months (by inference)?
The answer is actually pretty simple. Long, long time ago, a powerful empire existed. Its influence spread all the way from Europe deep into much of Asia. The citizens of this empire called themselves Romans. One man, by the name of Julius Caesar, wielded so much power, that he was able to name 1 month of the year after his name--hence the month, July. Unsatisfied with merely occupying 30 days out of the year, July was given 1 more day. Many years later, his grandson, Augustus Caesar, too became very influential. Unhappy that his grandpapa could put his name on the calendar, little Augustus too wanted a piece of the action. Well, we thus have August with 31 days too! As a result, dear old September, October, November and December had to pack up their bags, and shifted from residence number 7, 8, 9 and 10 to 2 blocks down the road: 9, 10, 11 and 12.
Don't you find this amazing? I mean, fancy having your name on the calendar! Today, more than 6 billion people spend approximately one-sixth of their lives living the names of 2 men!!
Wow. I don't know about you guys, but I sure think it's pretty cool to have someone to put his birthday as 31st, Horn, 2006 sometime this year. Hey, maybe Rome used to have a Janus, a Februs, a Marcus, a Aprus, a Mars and a Junius who wanted their names on the calendar too! Who knows? Maybe Sherry could have been born in the month of Sherry.
So yup. All you people out there can spend your whole lives trying to get into Goldman Sachs, Merill Lynch, Deutsche Bank etc etc and be the next Bill Gates or Warren Buffet. I say go ahead. Go earn your millions, billions, zillions. Limpeh is going to try to get my name onto the calendar. I think it'll be pretty cool to have Donald Trump sign his cheques in the month of Horn.
--horn--
p.s. If I recall correctly, one of the months was named after Mars, a Greek/Roman god.
If you recall your geometry, you will remember that a 3-sided polygon is called a triangle; a 4-sided, quadrilateral; a 5-sided, pentagon; a 6-sided, hexagon; a 7-sided, heptagon/septagon; an 8-sided, octagon; a 9-sided, nonagon; a 10-sided, decagon. Doesn't it seem weird then, that the 9th, 10th, 11th and the 12th months of the year are called September, October, November and December when obviously they refer to the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th months (by inference)?
The answer is actually pretty simple. Long, long time ago, a powerful empire existed. Its influence spread all the way from Europe deep into much of Asia. The citizens of this empire called themselves Romans. One man, by the name of Julius Caesar, wielded so much power, that he was able to name 1 month of the year after his name--hence the month, July. Unsatisfied with merely occupying 30 days out of the year, July was given 1 more day. Many years later, his grandson, Augustus Caesar, too became very influential. Unhappy that his grandpapa could put his name on the calendar, little Augustus too wanted a piece of the action. Well, we thus have August with 31 days too! As a result, dear old September, October, November and December had to pack up their bags, and shifted from residence number 7, 8, 9 and 10 to 2 blocks down the road: 9, 10, 11 and 12.
Don't you find this amazing? I mean, fancy having your name on the calendar! Today, more than 6 billion people spend approximately one-sixth of their lives living the names of 2 men!!
Wow. I don't know about you guys, but I sure think it's pretty cool to have someone to put his birthday as 31st, Horn, 2006 sometime this year. Hey, maybe Rome used to have a Janus, a Februs, a Marcus, a Aprus, a Mars and a Junius who wanted their names on the calendar too! Who knows? Maybe Sherry could have been born in the month of Sherry.
So yup. All you people out there can spend your whole lives trying to get into Goldman Sachs, Merill Lynch, Deutsche Bank etc etc and be the next Bill Gates or Warren Buffet. I say go ahead. Go earn your millions, billions, zillions. Limpeh is going to try to get my name onto the calendar. I think it'll be pretty cool to have Donald Trump sign his cheques in the month of Horn.
--horn--
p.s. If I recall correctly, one of the months was named after Mars, a Greek/Roman god.
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