[Elfsea] October - or Roman Weirdness

[pcrandal at sbcglobal.net]

13 months of 28 days each - the extra day is Chaos Day where only the government can do work. 

Karie Mitchell <karie.mitchell at gmail.com> wrote:  If you are really interested look here:

http://webexhibits.org/calendars/calendar-roman.html

    October, October, October 
  Why is the tenth month named for the eighth
something? 
octo = 8 - right?
Should it not be Dectober?
That would put Christmas in Dozenember.


Allessandra
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