The non descriptive names are better because they can be consistent across different countries not depending climate
July in Croatian - Srpanj
August in Czech/Polish - Srpen/Sierpen
because for obvious reasons harvest time in Croatia is one month earlier than in Czechia
though your example for April in Polish makes no sense
April in Polish - Kwiecien
May in Czech - Kveten
I'm pretty sure flowers are blooming (it's not about flowers, but about blooming) in Czechia earlier than in Poland, so the names should be reversed
though even English/German/Slovak months are not without their issues, October should be eight, November ninth, December tenth based on their Latin names, this video makes fun about it, but honestly I seriously like the proposed system:
The French Republican calendar used a few years after the revolution was also in this spirit. However these names do not export well across the world, notably a problem when as a colonial power like France you export your language and customs.
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It’s a shame that the months in English don’t really have descriptive names like in other languages.
Polish (and other Slavic languages) for example, has some interesting ones:
- February (Luty) comes from “bleak, harsh, bitter”
- April (Kwiecień) is “month of flowers”
- August (Sierpień) is “month of the sickle,” as in the harvest time
- November (Listopad) is “month of leaves falling”
The non descriptive names are better because they can be consistent across different countries not depending climate
July in Croatian - Srpanj August in Czech/Polish - Srpen/Sierpen
because for obvious reasons harvest time in Croatia is one month earlier than in Czechia
though your example for April in Polish makes no sense
April in Polish - Kwiecien May in Czech - Kveten
I'm pretty sure flowers are blooming (it's not about flowers, but about blooming) in Czechia earlier than in Poland, so the names should be reversed
though even English/German/Slovak months are not without their issues, October should be eight, November ninth, December tenth based on their Latin names, this video makes fun about it, but honestly I seriously like the proposed system:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vunESk53r5U
The French Republican calendar used a few years after the revolution was also in this spirit. However these names do not export well across the world, notably a problem when as a colonial power like France you export your language and customs.