# August and the Symbolic Calendar Question.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-and-the-symbolic-calendar-question/836812>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 10, 2019, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-and-the-symbolic-calendar-question/836812 "2019-07-10T01:41:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-and-the-symbolic-calendar-question/836812/21 "2019-07-11T16:44:42Z")

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A picture of all the school supplies that go on sale in August (although they’re already on sale in July). Kids love to be reminded that summer is ending.

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-and-the-symbolic-calendar-question/836812/22 "2019-07-11T16:48:06Z")

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> [@Jim\_B](#):
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> I seem to recall a relaxing beach. Although I don’t know. You know it’s been a while.
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> Realize my question might be a little different than the original calendar itself. It just inspired my question.

Who sees a classroom calendar in the summer, anyway? Maybe it didn’t have an August.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-and-the-symbolic-calendar-question/836812/23 "2019-07-11T16:52:28Z")

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> [@ftg](#):
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> Saint Augustine’s feast day is August 28th (Western calendar). Get it, August-Augustine?
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> Plus he was apparently a swell looking guy as per this early [fresco](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Augustine_Lateran.jpg). 😉

For the record, August was named for [Augustus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus#Month_of_August).

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