First Day of the Week: Sunday vs. Monday
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GenMarshall
High Elven ISB Capt & Ghost Agent
The way it should be
.Talk to the Jew
Was raised as a Christian Orthodox thank you very much.
sophie
Break My Heart
Friday is the first day of my week. And Monday is my Friday. I love my work schedule.
Tani Coyote
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The work/school week is Mon-Fri, so Sunday and Saturday are logically the weekend.
That's just the work/school week.
This seems to be referring to a more general concept of a week, free from economics.
In which case, Sunday has just as strong a bid as Monday.
Besides, having a non-work day at each end of the week just seems epic.
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
Well Sunday is the first day of the week on calenders but I kindo f consider monday the first day of the work week.
Even though I rarely work mondays anymore.
Even though I rarely work mondays anymore.
Tani Coyote
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But what if we be freein' the start/end of the week from an economic perspective?
Then work and school are no longer relevant...
Going by tradition, Saturday is the Jewish day of rest. Logically, that makes it the last day... in turn, making Sunday the first day!
Tani Coyote
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Indeed, but the Jews came first and Christianity acknowledges the Jews as God's people...
So logically, their idea of the day of rest can be seen as more accurate, in turn making Sunday the start of the week....
LucyDuke
staring at the clock
Mise
isle of lucy
Monday. How can it be Sunday? That makes no sense.
LucyDuke
staring at the clock
The international ISO 8601 standard places Monday as the first day of the week, and this is widely used on calendars in Europe and in international business. Monday is xingqi yi (星期一in Chinese, meaning "day one of the week". Its name in Georgian and Syriac means "first day". Modern western culture usually looks at Monday as the beginning of the workweek, as it is typically Monday when adults go back to work and children go back to school after the weekend.
Jewish and some Christian traditions place Sunday as the first day of the week, and Monday is thus the second day of the week. This is the standard format in the United States, Canada and Japan. Quakers traditionally refer to Monday as "Second Day" eschewing the pagan origin of the English name "Monday". For similar reasons the official liturgical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church refers to Monday as the second celebration day - Feria II. The Portuguese and the Greek (Eastern Orthodox Church) name for Monday reflects this, as do all the days' names except Saturday and Sunday: the Portuguese word for Monday is segunda-feira and the Greek word is deutéra (Δευτέρα
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monday#Position_in_the_week
I'm really annoyed that it's Christians and Jews that decided on the right way. But dammit. All my calendars start on Sunday.
EnglishCrusader
AYEEEEE
I was brought up with it being Sunday, but sometimes I do think of Monday.
Mise
isle of lucy
Iso 8601 #1!
azzaman333
meh
smtwtfs
