Month names are a thing but they exist as a translation. Same as names of people and places.
For example, Frodo Baggins is translation of Maura Labingi.
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Armand1@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I swear October is not a thing in Middle-Earth, they have different month names or something. He did say that in the movie though.
TheBat@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
tbf modern english/european month names come from rome, before that was adopted people had different names for them or they used a different system alltogether.
gnutrino@programming.dev 1 day ago
Just checked my copy of the book and it’s October there too. It also starts by saying that Bilbo and Frodo’s birthday is 22nd September so it’s not a one off.
Armand1@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I stand corrected. Not sure where I got the impression then. False memories.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 day ago
IIRC in the appendices he translated the names of months, days, etc. into a bunch of different languages. That may be what you’re remembering
CitizenKong@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yeah, people who nitpick about that tend to ignore that all of Lord of the Rings is supposed to be a translation.