โฒ 136 โผ What is the smallest hill you would die on? (lemmy.dbzer0.com) submitted 1 year ago by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml 356 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] easily3667@lemmus.org 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago The English word comes from Latin, septem = 7, membris or mens = month (like menstruation). In the Roman calendar the months are: March February May June July August September October November December So the order of the months was more logical, and a Roman would naturally understand that September, October, November, and December read as literally the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth month respectively. I basically constantly have to manually correct myself over and over that for example September is the 9th month, to look for the number 9 even though when I read "September" I am reading "seventh month" and my brain automatically wants to look for 7. I think most people would not relate to my experience of the months let alone how upsetting this is to me, hence I consider it a "small hill" to die on, lol. But it's a very big hill in my world! permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago The English word comes from Latin, septem = 7, membris or mens = month (like menstruation). In the Roman calendar the months are: March February May June July August September October November December So the order of the months was more logical, and a Roman would naturally understand that September, October, November, and December read as literally the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth month respectively. I basically constantly have to manually correct myself over and over that for example September is the 9th month, to look for the number 9 even though when I read "September" I am reading "seventh month" and my brain automatically wants to look for 7. I think most people would not relate to my experience of the months let alone how upsetting this is to me, hence I consider it a "small hill" to die on, lol. But it's a very big hill in my world! permalink fedilink source parent