“give a moment or two to the angry young man / with his foot in his mouth and his heart in his hand”

TIL the French Republican calendar chimed the month names by season:

• Autumn: Vendémiaire, Brumaire, Frimaire
• Winter: Nivôse, Pluviôse,* Ventôse
• Spring: Germinal, Floréal, Prairial
• Summer: Messidor, Thermidor, Fructidor

How had I not noticed this before?

* I gather Paris is a bit damp in February.

---L.

Subject quote from Angry Young Man, Billy Joel.