Re: Concalendars (< Holiday greetings)

> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Herman Miller
> I used a different model in Jarda -- each year has a two-part
> name, like the names of the months or days of the week,
> instead of a number. 2008 is the metal-raven year, and 2009
> will be the glass-dolphin year.
> (Obvious similarities to the Chinese calendar.) One name
> repeats in a 12-year cycle, and the other in a 7-year cycle,
> so overall, the year names repeat in an 84-year cycle. By
> convention the crystal-wren year is the first year of the
> cycle, although that only matters on larger time scales when
> you need to deal with time scales of more than 84 years.
>
> I'm not sure if I ever came up with a numbering scheme or
> names for the 84-year cycles. But I did arrange it so that
> leap year day usually falls on my birthday. I've been
> thinking of starting a new personal language
> -- maybe I'll re-adopt the Jarda calendar or something like it.
I don't think it would be easy to make leap day land on my birthday without
upsetting the numbering of the days.

Not being superstitious, there's certainly won't be be any type of zodiac or
any religious observances.  However I did look up something on the Chinese
zodiac after reading your post.  I always knew I was born in the Year of the
Rabbit, but didn't know that Vietnamese use the same system except they
substitute cat for rabbit.  I may use that in some manner because I do like
felines (the days of the week on my calendar are named after my cats).

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