Re: Montreiano Month and Day names
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, November 30, 2000, 1:49 |
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Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> > Flís ([flis])
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> Does it regularly derive from Aprilis?
Yep. Unstressed short /a/ became /@/, which, depending on environment,
either was lost or became /a/. Thus, Aprilis -> Àflisis -> Àflís ->
Flís (à = /@/)
> Well, they still have two months to give names to important people :) . Did they
> keep the Julian calendar uncorrected?
Yep. So today would be 16 Nobendlei, 2753 AUC. I may change Nobembei
and Gembei, but I'm not sure to what. Perhaps Nobembei will have the
name of the current Tleifettous (that would be an interesting idea - a
month whose name changes frequently), and Gembei will perhaps stay the
same, since the connection to _Ddece_ (ten) is not obvious. Or maybe
_Tlutouneyous_ < Plutonarius < Pluto. Many possibilities for renaming
Nobembei and Gembei. I've never liked the connection to numbers in the
months' names, especially since the numbers ceased to be accurate long
ago.
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