From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Sat Sep 10 04:39:00 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sat, 10 Sep 2005 04:39:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.52) id 1EE3h4-0003RZ-53 for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 04:38:50 -0700 Received: from imo-d22.mx.aol.com ([205.188.144.208]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1EE3h2-0003RQ-K0 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 04:38:50 -0700 Received: from MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com by imo-d22.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r5.3.) id d.1f2.11a9a6d6 (26116) for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 07:38:42 -0400 (EDT) From: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Message-ID: <1f2.11a9a6d6.30541fc2@wmconnect.com> Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 07:38:42 EDT Subject: [lojban] names of days of the week To: lojban-list@lojban.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_1f2.11a9a6d6.30541fc2_boundary" X-Mailer: 6.0 for Windows XP sub 52 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-archive-position: 10571 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --part1_1f2.11a9a6d6.30541fc2_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 9/10/2005 4:22:01 AM Central Standard Time, ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes: > I think the number names are not so problematic for months > (even though there are other calendars that don't start in > January, but then the months lengths are also different, I > believe). > > But for days of the week things are more confusing. Not > everybody agrees which day is day 1. I believe Russian > and Portuguese for example both use numbers for the > names of the days, but they don't agree on where to start > the count. > > That's why I like the proposed system: > > soldei Sun-day > lurdei Moon-day > fagdei Fire-day > jaurdei Water-day > mudydei Wood-day > jimdei Metal-day > tedydei Earth-day > > mu'o mi'e xorxes > This is very similar to what the Japanese do. And Russian and Portuguese both have distinctive words for the days of the week, not just numbers. The Chinese, OTH, do use plain numbers for Monday through Saturday, as well as all the months. stevo --part1_1f2.11a9a6d6.30541fc2_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In a message=20= dated 9/10/2005 4:22:01 AM Central Standard Time, ecartis@digitalkingdom.org= writes:


I think the number names ar= e not so problematic for months
(even though there are other calendars that don't start in=20
January, but then the months lengths are also different, I=20
believe).

But for days of the week things are more confusing. Not
everybody agrees which day is day 1. I believe Russian
and Portuguese for example both use numbers for the
names of the days, but they don't agree on where to start
the count.

That's why I like the proposed system:

soldei Sun-day
lurdei Moon-day
fagdei Fire-day
jaurdei Water-day
mudydei Wood-day
jimdei Metal-day
tedydei Earth-day

mu'o mi'e xorxes


This is very similar to what the Japanese do.
And Russian and Portuguese both have distinctive words for the days of t= he week, not just numbers.  The Chinese, OTH, do use plain numbers for=20= Monday through Saturday, as well as all the months.

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