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dvh
2376 days ago
Why having months at all if they don't correspond to moon?
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saagarjha
2376 days ago
Why have a horsepower if it doesn’t correspond to a horse?
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anon73044
2375 days ago
That's why they're trying to make us conversation to kilowatts
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Rerarom
2375 days ago
In my language 'month' and 'moon' are the same word and some people still don't make the connection. I once had someone ask me, when I was talking about some period of x months in antiquity, if they had months (moons) back then.
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snak
2375 days ago
Which language?
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dvh
2375 days ago
Not op but Slovak (mesiac), Czech (mesic).
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