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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I stand corrected. Not sure where I got the impression then. False memories.
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
Yeah, people who nitpick about that tend to ignore that all of Lord of the Rings is supposed to be a translation.
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.
How the fuck do they have Julian calendar?