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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. Iris, Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40 "The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so much that ain't so." Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw), 1818-1885 |
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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 |
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we were taught in Sunday school that Sunday was the seventh day - the day of
rest from the Old Testament. I'm sorry, but your Sunday school teachers were not versed in the Old Testament. Iris, Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40 "The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so much that ain't so." Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw), 1818-1885 |
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Maybe as botanists we should adopt the biological 10 day "week".
Howard Clase How many restdays in a 10 day week? PvR |
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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, That seemed to be the case in Taiwan, as my students, when reciting the days of the week, would begin with Monday. It made the concept of "Weekend" easier to explain, as Saturday and Sunday were indeed both at the end of the week in their minds; what was more difficult to explain was the concept of Sunday being at the beginning of the week, since I had just included it in the weekend. On the other hand, in Portuguese, the word for Monday is "segunda-feira," literally, "Second Market Day," implying that Sunday (Domingo) had previously been the first. Jie-san Laushi Huodau lau, xuedau lau, hai you sanfen xue bulai _____________________________________________ to email: eliminate redundancy |
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P van Rijckevorsel wrote: Maybe as botanists we should adopt the biological 10 day "week". Howard Clase How many restdays in a 10 day week? PvR Anything from 2 to 4 depending upon how many Saturdays and Sundays it includes:-) Some time ago somone pointed out that curious irregularities in bird reports analysed on a ten day basis could be evened out if you took into consideration the fact that most bird watchers are amateurs and went out mostly at weekends! Howard. |
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P van Rijckevorsel wrote:
How many restdays in a 10 day week? PvR Howard Clase schreef Anything from 2 to 4 depending upon how many Saturdays and Sundays it includes:-) Some time ago someone pointed out that curious irregularities in bird reports analysed on a ten day basis could be evened out if you took into consideration the fact that most bird watchers are amateurs and went out mostly at weekends! Howard. + + + Are you saying that a 10 day week is for birds only? Initially you said: Maybe as botanists we should adopt the biological 10 day "week". Howard Clase What about plants? PvR |
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Initially you said:
Maybe as botanists we should adopt the biological 10 day "week". Howard Clase What about plants? How was this determined? Maybe it's just the way I was brought up, but I remember being told about attempts in the past to go to a 10-day week, and oxen dying because of not getting every seventh day off. Of course, they never told me the source. I would like to know about actual research indicating a biological week. Jie-san Laushi Huodau lau, xuedau lau, hai you sanfen xue bulai _____________________________________________ to email: eliminate redundancy |
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If you want a complete collection of Jewish calendars, you'll need 19 of them.
Iris, Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40 "If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming train." Robert Lowell (1917-1977) |
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