>Hello Friends
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>>Yep. "Month" is really annoying. I am tempted to interpreted literally -
>>as a cycle of the moon. So "month" is "week". That works better with John's
>>timeline (we hid all those weeks - which means Darkness Season).
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>"Month" could also mean "half a season". But "month" comes from "moon", so
>this four week phase has to be an ancient term (a time in which the moon has a
>cycle of four weeks). But why should an Orlanthi care about the cycles of an
>ancient moon.
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A four-week period in Glorantha would be "half a season", wouldn't it? A
convenient unit of measure between a week and a season. No doubt "month"
is an anglicization of a Gloranthan term that means half-season or
demi-season.
Guy (Hoyle)
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