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[lojban-beginners] Re: Dates
de'i li 2003-06-25 ti'u li 18:27:00 la'o zoi. Travis Garris .zoi cusku di'e
>I was reading other stuff on the Wiki about naming the
>days of the week or the months of the year. The only
>one that bothers me is naming the months after signs
>of the Zodiac. There are 13 sun signs, and only
>twelve months. I think our calendar is broken but I
>doubt Lojban is the place to fix that. I have no
>problem with saying "six-month". How do you think
>October, November, and December were named?
Using the zodiac for names of months was mostly a
whimsical suggestion, similar to the various orthographies
using different writing systems. For normal use I like
numbers too. However, what's the 13th zodiac sign?
I've only ever heard of 12.
mu'o mi'e .adam.