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hisbride
09-30-2007, 08:38 PM
The numbers in Latin such as Septem which is 7 don't match up with their derivatives. September is the 9th month. What happened here??

Mungo
09-30-2007, 10:57 PM
In the old Roman calendar, the year started in March, making September the 7th month. HTH!