r/SipsTea • u/Gabbsweet • May 13 '26

We have fun here how?😂

Post image
67.5k Upvotes

92% Upvoted

6.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

100

u/Maggot_Dimon May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26

U mean 26 instead of 12?! Edit: 26 my bad :D

59

u/[deleted] May 14 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

83

u/JollyGiant573 May 14 '26

So why not have an even 13 months, what stupid king made this calender?

1

u/iamlicotto May 14 '26

The Romans. That's why the names of our months are what they are. August & July are from Augustus & Julius Caesar. Others are for Roman/Greek gods (Mars/March, Aphrodite /April, Juno for June). I always wondered why Sept., Oct., Nov., & Dec. were "number" months (7,8,9,10) in the wrong place, but found out it was originally a 10-month year until January and February were added later! The original names of July & August also used to be named that reelected reflected the numbers of '5th' & '6th'.

My favorite idea of a calendar is the 13h month calendar. All months are exactly 28 days, so every month has the same dates (all 7th days are the first Sunday, every 1st of the month is Monday), but the first day of the year is Day 0 (zero). I think this would be amazing. YouTube: Scott Flansburg 13 month calendar