Talk:Thirty Days Hath September

message: The knuckle stuff really doesn't belong in an article about this poem.
It's a completely independent method for remembering the length of the months and doesn't depend on or support the poem in any way.  It should be in it's own article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.142.184.113 (talk) 05:05, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd like to to see what title you would suggest for that article! Tpacw (talk) 12:45, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's strange how the author of the section goes to such lengths to describe how to count with your fingers, when the purported source does not mention it at all. And I think I'm right in saying the pointer knuckle in on the index finger. Aoeuidhtns (talk) 16:53, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

text: Fixed. — LlywelynII 04:53, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:   why the knuckles? 

message: This article relies mainly on the Middle English Lyrics source, which is unlikely to contain the modern versions listed in the article. Each version should have a reference to a published, reliable source. twilsonb (talk) 22:11, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yup. Purged. — LlywelynII 04:53, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  One Source 

message: The translation was tagged as possible original research.  Technically, it's not translated from "non-English" material, but it seems equivalent to what is allowed: Wikipedia:No_original_research#Translations. SandyFace (talk) 07:37, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Should an accurate translation be labled original research if the text translated is not? Personly I think not... I am going to remove it. If it is infact justified please explain? 210.185.6.221 (talk) 09:52, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: If it's accurate, it falls under WP:BLUE. We shouldn't publish unhelpful info but we should translate foreign text and we don't need to find other people who already did it and published it, which is often impossible. That said, if there is a famous or well-done example to cite, we should use that instead of our homebrews. — LlywelynII 04:55, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is the translation original research? 

message: I too was taught this rhyme at an early age. More recently I have pondered about the grammatical error in the first line. I note with interest that this error has survived since the fifteenth century. Shouls this be mentioned in the article? Spathaky (talk) 08:48, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: What error? The subject "September" is singular, so the verb form "hath" is correct. 67.5.11.200 (talk) 22:07, 12 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: The subject isn't "September". Keep reading... — LlywelynII 04:56, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grammatical error 

message: I know two Spanish versions of the rhyme, both with the reference to leap years omitted. One goes:"Treinta días tiene septiembre, con abril, julio y noviembre. De veintiocho solo hay uno, y los demás, treinta y uno. " and the other is similar, but replaces "tiene" with "trae", like this:"Treinta días trae septiembre, con abril, julio y noviembre. De veintiocho solo hay uno, y los demás, treinta y uno. " See? Both versions are missing the fact February has 29 days in a leap year. --Fandelasketchup (talk) 20:52, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:   Spanish versions of the rhyme have one line missing 

message: Thirty days have September
April, June, and November
All the rest have 31
Except for February alone
And that has 28 days clear
And 29 in each leap year Wolf O'Donnel (talk) 21:14, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Version I'm familiar with