tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22518525.post6575039834457348194..comments2023-10-27T11:18:27.852+11:00Comments on From the notebook of.: Word of the day: septS Simmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13082268725118026028noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22518525.post-80487531909975134372015-09-12T11:34:28.240+10:002015-09-12T11:34:28.240+10:00Yep. And I just heard (via History of the World i...Yep. And I just heard (via History of the World in 100 Objects) that August was originally sextilis until renamed after Caesar Augustus. July would have been a usurpation for Julius Caesar, too. Probably used to be Quintilis. Let's check... yep. Not a hard pattern to deduce. I recall the Romans didn't originally count the first two months. They just waited out until winter ticked S Simmondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13082268725118026028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22518525.post-46140203707193130882015-09-12T08:03:16.497+10:002015-09-12T08:03:16.497+10:00Hi Stephen: This got me wondering why September is...Hi Stephen: This got me wondering why September is the ninth month so I Googled it and it seems that it <i>was</i> the seventh month.....and then they invented January and February. Doh!<br /><b><a href="http://todiscoverice.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> CLICK HERE for Bazza’s fabulous Blog ‘To Discover Ice’</a></b><br />PS: For some reason I don't get notifications when you post.bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.com