Half Dome, the Grand Canyon, the Great Lakes, Salt Lake - American landmarks have their share of literal names. And if Chinese Month 3 is actually the third month instead of September being the 9th month I can't criticize that system.
I hear you Sophia. One of the things I like about getting to the office early is there isn't anyone paying attention to exactly when I get there (there are other people there earlier, but they don't sit near me not know my schedule and there's room in the fridge for my lunch. OTOH, my lunch gets shoved to the back and hidden behind the lunches of everyone who comes in after me...of course, here the buses don't run early enough to get me to work by 7, but now that I have a Clipper card I can experiment with taking the bus home, at least, without worrying about carrying exact change.
I am pleased that the toaster oven pizza crisper I impulse bought for myself has turned out to be exactly the right size for reheating waffles. Serendipity!
Someday I will explore what this means for pizza in the waffle iron. Someday.