Indeed. I think they were on the Julian calendar and we're on the Gregorian.
We didn't have sex, if that's what you mean. That's all I do now, not have sex.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Spidra Webster - Mar 15, 2006 7:29:34 am PST #3988 of 10001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Jesse - Mar 15, 2006 7:32:22 am PST #3989 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, but there's not much difference between the Julian and the Gregorian.
Nutty - Mar 15, 2006 7:33:57 am PST #3990 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I learned as a kid that Hamentaschen were "Haman's hat." Probably, children's books were not up to articulating the idea of bloody amputated ears.
their reading of the "megilah" (the book of Esther)
Nilly, are you familiar with the expression "the whole megillah"? It's Yinglish for "everything." On of my favorite Yinglishisms.
Also, Julius Caesar's March wouldn't be the same month as ours, would it? I mean, had they shifted the calendar by then?
Well, they would really have noticed if their year was only 10 months long. I think July and August were renamed from something else, not added in. Although there have been calendar revisions since then, which is why the Russian Revolution is called Red October, despite it happening (according to the US calendar) in November.
shrift - Mar 15, 2006 7:34:24 am PST #3991 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Stop harshing our sensation of impending doom! Et tu, Jesse?
Jesse - Mar 15, 2006 7:37:43 am PST #3992 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I was just musing! Carry on, doom-sayers. Or -bringers, whichever.
Wolfram - Mar 15, 2006 7:39:41 am PST #3993 of 10001
Visilurking
Wolfram! How is the new baby? And her older siblings? Did they wear costumes yesterday?
She's great, and her older siblings had a great time dressing up as (in age order) Supergirl, Princess, and a Torah. They fight crime.
Sorry I've been superlurker, but I'm trying to cram a month's worth of work into my last two weeks here.
Trudy Booth - Mar 15, 2006 7:42:43 am PST #3994 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Supergirl, Princess, and a Torah.
With that last one, great way to garner some VIP treatment. Very smart thinking.
sarameg - Mar 15, 2006 7:55:17 am PST #3995 of 10001
OK, I *just* figured out there are latin prefixes in the last 4 months' names. I'm feeling amazingly dim. I've probably been told this before, but it sure didn't stick. And I guess I'm glad, because I can only imagine how confused I might've been as a kindergartener or first grader. "But why is it the twelfth month if its name means ten?"
Jesse - Mar 15, 2006 7:56:57 am PST #3996 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It still confuses me when October isn't the 8th month. Which is, you know, all the time!
Sean K - Mar 15, 2006 8:00:36 am PST #3997 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
In Jamaica we don't have much weather--the temperatures are pretty constant, as are the thunderstorms.
Can you set your watch by them? "Here comes the 3:00pm thunderstorm...."
Yeah, but there's not much difference between the Julian and the Gregorian.
Well, they would really have noticed if their year was only 10 months long. I think July and August were renamed from something else, not added in.
Except that the Julian calendar wasn't the same as a year, so as time went on, it was getting more and more out of whack, hence the need for the Gregorians to fix it (at least, that's my understanding), so who knows when JC's March came.