Oddbean new post about login | logout The names for November and December come from the numbers 9 and 10. Whoever fucked that up should be stabbed. nostr:nevent1qqsym3shn98u4cdfsrffyfsxjgaznc0wf9wu9kahgfrxysyv2ew5vhgpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7q3qaeh2zw4elewy5682lxc6xnlqzjnxksq303gwu2npfaxd49vmde6qxpqqqqqqzujzf3d
This is sad. The history and science (and even politics, sadly) behind the origin of our calendar is fascinating. Read Thomas Kuhn. The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought https://a.co/d/07XkI3ik The Structure of Scientific Revolutions https://a.co/d/02PjNyMJ nostr:nevent1qqspzqla7u5mqm4zcaa5jencg2fyc5qvg87s54thq22wtcjpkzzlr9gpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68yct5dyhxxmmd9upzqqgd7ry53l56k4xjedl2gg8l5zx409vfsxmw568g8248avka8uz6qvzqqqqqqys84e7v
they shoulda done this, then? 1: January 2: February 3: March 4: April 5: May 6: June 7: SEPTEMber 8: OCTOber 9: NOVEMber 10: DECEMber 11: July 12: August
This. Or replace the last two with completely different names. I’m good with Elevendy and Dozember. And while we’re at it can we change the spelling of February?
DO. IT.
