Saturday, August 2, 2014

Weed It And Reap II







August Look up August at Dictionary.com
eighth month, 1097, from Latin Augustus (mensis), sixth month of the later Roman calendar, renamed from Sextilis in 8 B.C.E. to honor emperor Augustus Caesar, literally "Venerable Caesar" (see august (adj.)). In England, the name replaced native Weodmonað "weed month."


August = Weed month: lol, but too brutally literal, like all Germanic languages. None of those pussyfooting euphemisms.
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Added: A discussion of the Anglo-Saxon names of the months.
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3 comments:

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

I knew about August, I did not know about weed month.

Of course, in Colorado and Washington it is the latter.

August 2, 2014 at 3:09 AM
Eric the Fruit Bat said...

Here, it's crabgrass month.

August 2, 2014 at 7:11 AM
deborah said...

I like how there is often two words in English for the same thing, one of French origin and the other German. Steps/stairs, soil/dirt, etc.

August 2, 2014 at 11:07 AM

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