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WCDT: 2495-2499 (22-26 July, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Method of Madness:
Interesting how some months are acceptable as names and some aren't. January Jones is the only January I know of, but April through July (Julia/Julius) are fairly common, and August isn't unheard of.
Is it cold in here?:
Winslow picked his own name.
The reference for that was Hannelore's Formspring Q&A, a rich source of information which has sadly expired. I don't suppose anyone copied it before it went away?
TinPenguin:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 22 Jul 2013, 13:07 ---Interesting how some months are acceptable as names and some aren't. January Jones is the only January I know of, but April through July (Julia/Julius) are fairly common, and August isn't unheard of.
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Augustus and Julius are more common because of the people the month is named after, rather than the month itself.
Method of Madness:
True, for Julia/Julius and Augustus, but I know a couple people who are just named August.
Mlle Germain:
In Germany, August is (a rather old-fashioned) name which is independent of the month - also called August in German. However, they are pronounced differently (the name having the stress on the first syllable, the month on the second), which is why I think they are independent.
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