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Iris Cohen wrote:
If I read this correctly you are stating that America is a Hebrew country?


Not at all. It is the custom in Europe (as far as I know), and some other parts
of the world, for calendars to be printed with Monday as the first day of the
week and Sunday as the last, which apparently you are used to. In the US, all
calendars are printed with Sunday as the first day of the week and Saturday as
the last. I don't know how or when this distinction came about, but I would not
be surprised if it was due to the extreme Reformism of the early colonists.

When I grew up in England in the 50's it was normal for the week in
calendars to begin on Sunday too.

It wasn't until I became involved with Finns that I met the
Monday start arrangement. BUT, however the calendars were arranged we were
taught in Sunday school that Sunday was the seventh day - the day of rest
from the Old Testament. The more you look into it the more complicated it
gets. Maybe as botanists we should adopt the biological 10 day "week".

Howard Clase