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If everybody in the world agreed to do so, what would you rename the twelve months? (sopuli.xyz)
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Personally, I would go for naming them after the twelve largest moons in the solar system, since they were originally (and still are in many cultures) based on the lunar cycles, giving the months Ganymede, Titan, Callisto, etc.

What would you rename the months?

edit: Simply using the numbers is already a thing (see, for example, 2026-01-01. January is represented as month 1), and reordering the existing month names would be a real headache, as it would be difficult to tell whether you are reading a date using the old or new naming scheme.

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[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Here, is this better?

Monember

Dicember

Triember

Tetrember

Pentamber

Hexamber

September

October

November

December

Undecember

Dodecember

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

You know what... I've never seen this before, but I fully endorse this solution. This is mostly what we already have in place, but favoring consistency rather than flattering Roman emperors.

For those who didn't know,

  • August - named after Augustus Caesar
  • July - named after Julius Caeser

Also, a few others are named after Roman gods. It's cool, but not super relevant to anyone today.

[–] human@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 day ago

Love it. Send me a calendar with firefighter pugs.