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To: Verginius Rufus

“30 days hath September, April, June and November, all the rest have 31, excepting February alone, which hath but 28 days clear, and 29 on each leap year”.

Didn’t we all learn this in kindergarten?


60 posted on 02/01/2016 8:48:50 AM PST by kiltie65
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To: kiltie65
I heard a version of that as a kid but probably not in kindergarten.

Anyway the Roman version would have been in Latin:

Dies triginta habent September, Aprilis, Junius et November...

...but I'm not sure how it went before Augustus stole a day from February.

81 posted on 02/01/2016 9:00:23 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: kiltie65

“30 days hath September, April, June and November, all the rest have 31, excepting February alone, which hath but 28 days clear, and 29 on each leap year”.
= = = = = = = = = = = = =

The ‘key’ question to ask is (after 10 minutes)

What month has 28 days.

After the mandatory pregnant pause, reply

ALL OF THEM.

Like handing a dummy a piece of paper with

‘Turn over and read the message on the back’ on both sides

Keeps ‘em busy for days


161 posted on 02/01/2016 7:09:49 PM PST by xrmusn ((6/98)"Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading".)
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