I know it’s hard to believe but July is almost gone. Seems time flies when you are wearing a mask and social distancing. Or maybe time is faster when it’s hot? Anyway, the new month of August is not far away.
What do you know about the month of August? Besides, it’s HOT outside.
Did You Know?
August comes from the Latin word augustus, meaning “consecrated” or “venerable,” which in turn is related to the Latin augur, meaning “consecrated by augury or “auspicious.” In 8 B.C. the Roman Senate honored Augustus Caesar, the first Roman emperor, by changing the name of their month “Sextilis” to “Augustus.” Middle English speakers inherited the name of the month of August, but it wasn’t until the mid-1600s that “august” came to be used generically in English, more or less as “augustus” was in Latin, to refer to someone with imperial qualities.https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/august#:~:text=Did%20you%20know%3F-,August%20comes%20from%20the%20Latin%20word%20augustus%2C%20meaning%20%22consecrated%22,their%20month%20Sextilis%20to%20Augustus.
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Elvis died in August 1977. I remember driving down the road when I heard it on the news on the radio.
The famous “I Have A Dream” speech by Martin Luther King Jr. happened in August 1963.
August is called the Dog Days not because of any real dogs or because it’s hot. It’s because of the Dog Star Sirius that rose at the same time as sunrise during Roman times.
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