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Linguistics Humor

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[–] iByteABit@lemm.ee 53 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I just realized that about September-December, that's mindblowing and hilarious

[–] uniqueid198x@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 1 year ago (5 children)

the roman year started on march 1 so thats how they numbered months. English never caught up.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Neither did other European languages

[–] mapro@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

*some. For example Croatian, Czech, Polish and Ukrainian are using local names.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago

Never said "all"

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