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T. Paine
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posted 12 January 2003 09:14 AM
The French Revolutionary calendar always had that 1984 ".. the clock struck 13..." feel to it to me.Cold and without character. I like how our callendar and the names for the days of the week carry with it echos of our past. quote:
Also, I'd propose spreading out extra festival days with at least one at the end of each season, so that they fall roughly at the equinox/soltsice.
They pretty much do now, I think. Christmas and Canada day near the solstices, and we have labour day...well a bit of a jaunt from the autumnal equinox, and Easter, which falls on the first Friday after the first full moon, after the spring equinox. [ 12 January 2003: Message edited by: T. Paine ]
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skdadl
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posted 12 January 2003 10:24 AM
I agree with Tommy. After the Jacobins took power in 1793, especially with the ascendancy of the Committee of Public Safety, many of the grand projects the revolutionaries approved began to look both cold and loopy -- a-historical, anti-historical, idealist, romantic. The calendar is more practical and interesting than some other projects, maybe, but as Tommy says, the utter break with any kind of human tradition makes it look unrealistic to me. I didn't know this: quote:
(The months gained derisive nicknames immediately in Britain as Showery, Flowery, Bowery, Wheaty, Heaty, Sweety, Slippy, Nippy, Drippy, Freezy, Wheezy and Sneezy).
Hee.
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satana
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posted 12 January 2003 04:17 PM
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T. Paine: Cold and without character.
I don't see that at all. Rather, it seems very in tune with nature. And its not an utter break with tradition. It's still the same number of months with about the same number of days. And the tradition is there - the French used it for 13 years! Our current months and days are named after ancient european gods and emperors. I guess changing them is no big deal, but I like the FRC's more descriptive names better. They actually mean something relevant. One the best things about the FRC is that it's synchronized with the seasons. The first month of every season starts at the equinox/solstice.
And I like the idea that every month is 30 days. I always forget how long the months are in the Gregorian calendar. The FRC makes sense. The festival days I was talking about were the 5/6 extra days in the FRC. If they were spread out with one at the beginning of each season, I figure the solstice/equinox would almost always fall on it or one day before or after. [ 12 January 2003: Message edited by: satana ]
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