Talk:Xemb.

RFV discussion: April–August 2017

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Xemb.

Any takers? SemperBlotto (talk) 15:50, 23 April 2017 (UTC)

Is this related to the etymology of Xmas? DTLHS (talk) 19:36, 23 April 2017 (UTC)

No. That's a Greek letter, this is a Roman numeral. Chuck Entz (talk) 21:58, 23 April 2017 (UTC)

Most of the cites I can find are quoting from from The Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex County, Va., from 1653 to 1812, and date to the 1600s. I did find one independent source (a letter from Southampton House in 1662). Do we count entries from different years in the same Parish register as independent? I am inclined to believe they are not, which means we still need one more citation. Kiwima (talk) 19:40, 23 April 2017 (UTC)

Also spelled out unabbreviated as Xember. See here and here. Also this book has the quote: ANNE WILLIAMS 10 Dec. 1747 (?) JOHN & "SUSANNA ... 1683 Buried 23 Xemb. 1633. WilliamKF (talk) 17:42, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

Should Xember be added to be RFVed?
BTW: In German Xber (with X for Decem = 10) is attestable, and in English xber is attestable and Xber could be too. There could also be names like VIIber (September), VIIIber (October) and IXber (November), but with small numbers it would look even more ugly than xber, and I haven't searched for it and don't know if they exist. -84.161.25.79 18:00, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 00:04, 15 August 2017 (UTC)