Growing seasons can be tied to lunar months just the same. It's simply a point a time. The solar calendar works for global business, but for the average person, it adds a layer of obscurity to the workings of the solar system. The calendar requires tweaking and adjustment every so often. I trust that any good farmer can know when to plant/harvest based on the natural changes in his/her surrounding environment.FEOS wrote:
Not when you look at it from the agrarian perspective, which is arguably why we started keeping track of time to begin with: to normalize growing seasons. That has more to do with solar profession than lunar progression.Superior Mind wrote:
I don't see how a 13 month calendar would mess anything up. I think you guys just misunderstand me.FEOS wrote:
Kind of makes the "less confused about the cosmos" thing a bit ironic, no?
Lunar calendars are much more relavent to the human experience of time.
- Superior Mind
- (not macbeth)
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If you tie growing seasons to the lunar progression, you will have seasons that shift around. The solar progression is much more stable.Superior Mind wrote:
Growing seasons can be tied to lunar months just the same. It's simply a point a time. The solar calendar works for global business, but for the average person, it adds a layer of obscurity to the workings of the solar system. The calendar requires tweaking and adjustment every so often. I trust that any good farmer can know when to plant/harvest based on the natural changes in his/her surrounding environment.FEOS wrote:
Not when you look at it from the agrarian perspective, which is arguably why we started keeping track of time to begin with: to normalize growing seasons. That has more to do with solar profession than lunar progression.Superior Mind wrote:
I don't see how a 13 month calendar would mess anything up. I think you guys just misunderstand me.
Lunar calendars are much more relavent to the human experience of time.
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
You should go to a library.Cheez wrote:
The R is silent now?FEOS wrote:
Silent r's are ghey.AussieReaper wrote:
Stupid February.
All those years!
(again, silent R).
No silent r in library.AussieReaper wrote:
You should go to a library.Cheez wrote:
The R is silent now?FEOS wrote:
Silent r's are ghey.
All those years!
(again, silent R).
But there is one in February.
ftw. Probably due to lunar progression.
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
The R is pronounced now?FEOS wrote:
No silent r in library.AussieReaper wrote:
You should go to a library.Cheez wrote:
The R is silent now?
All those years!
(again, silent R).
But there is one in February.
ftw. Probably due to lunar progression.
All those years!
Feb roo ary
No silent r
No silent r
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
Feb yoo aryJay wrote:
Feb roo ary
No silent r
Silent r
Lie brary
No silent r
Has nothing to do with OP
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
This thread is trolls.
FEOS wrote:
Feb yoo aryJay wrote:
Feb roo ary
No silent r
Silent r
Lie brary
No silent r
Different accents, different ways of speaking.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
The R in February is not silent. People are just lazy.Jay wrote:
Different accents Lazy people, different ways of speaking.
Just like which is pronounce differently to witch but many people don't distinguish between them.
So are the people who don't pronounce the first r in library lazy, as well?DrunkFace wrote:
The R in February is not silent. People are just lazy.Jay wrote:
Different accents Lazy people, different ways of speaking.
Just like which is pronounce differently to witch but many people don't distinguish between them.
Colloquialisms are not laziness.
And the first r in February is silent. I've never heard it pronounced noticeably in nearly 40 years of life, having lived and visited all over the US and much of the English-speaking world. People may think they are saying it, but they aren't.
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
http://m.dictionary.com/d/?q=february&o=0&l=dir- Pronunciation note The second pronunciation for February shown above, with the first (r) replaced by (y), occurs because neighboring sounds that are alike tend to become different. This word also conforms to the pattern [-yoo-er-ee] by analogy with the pronunciation of the first month of the year, January. Although the pronunciation of February with (y) is often criticized, both pronunciations are used by educated speakers and are considered standard.
I just made a round at work and asked about 15 people all pronounced it with a silent r. I hate people who pronounce asked as axed.
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Yes.FEOS wrote:
So are the people who don't pronounce the first r in library lazy, as well?DrunkFace wrote:
The R in February is not silent. People are just lazy.Jay wrote:
Different accents Lazy people, different ways of speaking.
Just like which is pronounce differently to witch but many people don't distinguish between them.
Colloquialisms are not laziness.
And the first r in February is silent. I've never heard it pronounced noticeably in nearly 40 years of life, having lived and visited all over the US and much of the English-speaking world. People may think they are saying it, but they aren't.
Yes they are. That's the entire point of them.
Just because it's accepted and everyone you have ever met or talked to is lazy does not make them right. Just like trying to argue that herb has silent h, just because 300 million Americans are lazy does not make it so.
I don't pronounce the r in February either, or the h in which and where, primarily because I am lazy.
What the heck are you guys talking about?
And above your tomb, the stars will belong to us.
Laziness is not the point of colloquialisms...but Sh1fty's right. Way off-topic.DrunkFace wrote:
Yes.FEOS wrote:
So are the people who don't pronounce the first r in library lazy, as well?DrunkFace wrote:
The R in February is not silent. People are just lazy.
Just like which is pronounce differently to witch but many people don't distinguish between them.
Colloquialisms are not laziness.
And the first r in February is silent. I've never heard it pronounced noticeably in nearly 40 years of life, having lived and visited all over the US and much of the English-speaking world. People may think they are saying it, but they aren't.
Yes they are. That's the entire point of them.
Just because it's accepted and everyone you have ever met or talked to is lazy does not make them right. Just like trying to argue that herb has silent h, just because 300 million Americans are lazy does not make it so.
I don't pronounce the r in February either, or the h in which and where, primarily because I am lazy.
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
BCE
my teachers would murder me if I used AD/BC
"THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, WE EXPECT HIGHER STANDARDS OF OUR STUDENTS"
my teachers would murder me if I used AD/BC
"THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, WE EXPECT HIGHER STANDARDS OF OUR STUDENTS"
How is it a lower standard? It means the same thing.Trotskygrad wrote:
BCE
my teachers would murder me if I used AD/BC
"THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, WE EXPECT HIGHER STANDARDS OF OUR STUDENTS"
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
that's what I'm askingFEOS wrote:
How is it a lower standard? It means the same thing.Trotskygrad wrote:
BCE
my teachers would murder me if I used AD/BC
"THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, WE EXPECT HIGHER STANDARDS OF OUR STUDENTS"
I guess it's not secular enough for them
It breaks my university's non-discriminatory/secular code of ethics.
Apparently.
Apparently.
- Superior Mind
- (not macbeth)
- +1,755|6933
It really is a bunch of bullshit. Nothing was wrong with BC/AD in the first place. While the death of Jesus isn't the most important historical event that divides the eras, it certainly marks a beginning of the end of the ancient world.