Who named the months of the year?

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May, June, July, and August are the only months that don't have an "r" in them. For consistency, I say just go back to the numeric system for months (making this month be December). Anybody know how to count to 12 in Latin?
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I wonder how the letters K, Q, W, X and Z feel about being completely left out of the names of the months.
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dANdeLION wrote:I wonder how the letters K, Q, W, X and Z feel about being completely left out of the names of the months.
Ooooh, good point! We should definitely add them somewhere!
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You know, it would make a lot more sense to just call them Onemonth, Twomonth, Threemonth, Fourmonth, and so on to Twelvemonth.
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Lets do away with months all together!!...just days..1 thru 365,,and every now and then ,,366...and instead of sunday thru saturday in endless repitition..howabout 365 unique day names and every so often a 366th...??...A month is no more than a group of days,,so lets lean out the process and get rid of waste......harrrumph!
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But then there wouldn't be those calendars with a different picture for every month. I need those calendars for cheap posters. We must keep months so I can have posters!
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They (whoever they are) should have named the months alphabetically. Anuary, Bebruary, Carch, Dapril, Emay, Fune, Guly, Haugust, Iptemper, Joctober, Kovember, and Lecember.
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dANdeLION wrote:Take the first letters of the last six months of the year and it spells J-A-S-O-N-D. So, what we need to do is find this Jason D. fellow and ask him why the months are so screwed up!
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Let's form a lynch mob and get this Jason D. dude
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I used to know a Jason O. Maybe somebody misread the O as a D.
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