Reply to: November...

[TheFaQQer]

It all went wrong with September.

That's why I will always think of today as Setting Orange, The Aftermath 13, Year of Our Lady of Discord 3173.

[dang65]

October is the 8th month...

November is the 9th month...

December is the 10th month...

I don't think the Romans had quite got the hang of arithmetic.

It all went wrong with September.

[TheFaQQer]

No, the Roman calendar had 10 months and the extra two were added by Julius Caesar with the introduction of the Julian calendar. Linky.

And it's in Wikipedia, so it must be true, because Wikipedia is never, ever, ever wrong, so there

I stand corrected - I always thought it was Gregory that added the months, rather than changing the leap year thingy.

[NickFitz]

There were only 10 months in the Julian calendar - the extra two were added by Pope Gregory.

No, the Roman calendar had 10 months and the extra two were added by Julius Caesar with the introduction of the Julian calendar. Linky.

And it's in Wikipedia, so it must be true, because Wikipedia is never, ever, ever wrong, so there

[xoggoth]

You would expect only ten months from somebody called Julian I think.

[TheFaQQer]

Ah, but the year used to start at the beginning of March, making February the twelfth month. This is why the extra day in a leap year comes at the end of February, rather than at the end of December.

Of course, all this was before you came to this wretched planet...

February was never the 12th month under the Romans. It was, however, the last month of the year.

There were only 10 months in the Julian calendar - the extra two were added by Pope Gregory.

[NickFitz]

October is the 8th month...

November is the 9th month...

December is the 10th month...

I don't think the Romans had quite got the hang of arithmetic.

Ah, but the year used to start at the beginning of March, making February the twelfth month. This is why the extra day in a leap year comes at the end of February, rather than at the end of December.

Of course, all this was before you came to this wretched planet...

[TheFaQQer]

I love November.

I don't like January or February. Was it Pope Gregory who invented them?

No. Pope Gregory introduced July and August, named after Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar respectively. The other months are Roman names, I believe.

Janus had two faces (as per Sean Bean in that Bond film), hence seen at the end of one year / beginning of another.

February derives it's name from the Latin for purification, which they celebrated mid-month.

Both January and February were added to the Roman calendar in about 700BC - prior to that the Roman calendar regarded winter as monthless.

[rootsnall]

Related to Samantha Janus?

Quite fancied her until I saw her being interviewed, very miserable.

[wobbegong]

November - plenty to enjoy about November

Fantastic food in season

Apples
Pears
Broccoli - I'm still getting plenty of Calabrese sprouting
Celery
Lots of Cabbages
Brussell Sprouts just starting
Lots of Carrots still growing
Leeks
Swedes just fattening up

and that's without counting the greenhouse

Wild Mushrooms!!!!!!!

Rabbits
Pheasants
Guinea Fowl
Partridge

I could go on......and on

Say no more, squire!

[VectraMan]

Related to Samantha Janus?

[Zorba]

January is named after the Roman God Janus, the keeper of exits and entrances. A typical image of him shows him with a face on the back of his head.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Janus-Vatican.JPG

He also has a very rude name.

[KathyWoolfe]

I love November.

I don't like January or February. Was it Pope Gregory who invented them?

January is named after the Roman God Janus, the keeper of exits and entrances. A typical image of him shows him with a face on the back of his head.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Janus-Vatican.JPG

[wendigo100]

I love November.

I don't like January or February. Was it Pope Gregory who invented them?

[dang65]

It's normally quite a pleasure to move into Autumn and get relief from the long, sweltering Summer. Changing seasons and all that. Trouble is, for about the last five years the seasons don't seem to have actually changed. It's only because the leaves have fallen off the trees and it's dark a bit earlier that you even know anything's different. I'm actually hoping for a severe Winter, just for a bit variety.