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Obviously, we should switch to 3.14 day weeks.

The first day of the week is based on how many flies are born in a
single day from a single cluster of eggs, as determined by the
Lojbanic Institute of Fly-Time.

A revolution in keeping time is in our hands, people.

On 17 November 2011 21:53, tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 17 November 2011 14:20, Craig Daniel <craigbdaniel@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The seven-day week arose independently in Latin and Germanic-speaking
>> cultures, in the latter case at a time when a lunar calendar was in
>> use which used direct observation of the moon to mark the beginning of
>> the month (when the crescent moon is first visible after sunset), with
>> some holidays on the full moon (including the first day of Yule). As
>> the moon looks full for several days (I am told, though I don't know
>> why it should be so, that this is especially true at higher latitudes
>> such as those of Northern Europe), picking a day as the actual "full
>> moon" date isn't a trivial observation to make the way the start of a
>> lunation is - but you can get an almost right answer that is
>> guaranteed to not be visibly wrong if you assume that it's two weeks
>> after the day you observe the first crescent. That this heuristic was
>> in actual use is not proven, but it seems likely; this would imply
>> that the week is half a fortnight, rather than the fortnight being
>> originally a term for two weeks.
>>
>> This certainly isn't culturally neutral - it's only useful in
>> pre-modern lunar calendars! - but it is, at least, a basis in physical
>> phenomena.
>
> je'e ki'e
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