Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: *** WIN UVMAPPER PRO - CONTEST *** ...... brain teaser

geep opened this issue on Mar 01, 2002 ยท 45 posts


geep posted Fri, 01 March 2002 at 2:52 PM

BTW - This ...

*Hint: ................ (sort of) ;=]

If the prefix "oct" means EIGHT (octagon, octagenarian, etc.), then

... why is OCTober the TENTH month of the year?*

... was a hint because October was the EIGHTH month of the year a long, long time ago!

There have always been 12 months in a year (just like the signs of the zodiac) but the year started with MARch which was named for Mars, originally the 1st month of the calander year. That made October the 8th month.

JULy was the 5th.
AUGUST was the 6th.
SEPTember was the 7th.
OCTober was the 8th. (OCTagon)
NOVember was the 9th.
DECember was the 10th (i.e., DECimal).
JANuary was the 11th.
FEBruary was the 12th.

The NEW YEAR started with MARch!

Julius and Augustus names' mean five and six, respectively.

cheers,
dr geep
;=]

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Remember ... "With Poser, all things are possible, and poseable!"


cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

edited 10/5/2019