On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:

Ok then, remove that one bullet = point. =A0I believe there are still 4 or 5 other fine points (and one subje= ctive one). =A0If we're going to pick an arbitrary sequence for definin= g week-day names, why not=A0color? =A0Are numbers more sequential th= an colors on a spectrum? =A0And it avoids the confusion of "5 day time= interval" as opposed to "5th day".... and it isn't a cm= evla or take up gismu space.=20

Was your suggestion mostly a joke gejyspa or was there any seriousness= to it?

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=A0 As I said in my original message...."Okay, this time, an actu= ally SERIOUS proposal which just occurred to me..."

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=A0 I really think the idea is great for answering the objections of t= he previous two systems.

=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 --gy=A0

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On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Michael Turniansky &= lt;mturniansky@g= mail.com> wrote:

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On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:<= /div>
> Personally, the more I think about it, the more I'm loving ge= jyspa's skadei

> suggestion. =A0<after typing out a long paragraph with sentenc= es starting with

> "additionally" and "also" etc... I've opt= ed for bullets>

>

> It has the sequential nature that a rational logical system shoul= d have.

> It's very flexible for different=A0calendars=A0to invent new = day words

> without=A0necessarily=A0conflicting with other=A0calendars by add= ing more fine

> grained color words for more days to a week or more broad color w= ords for

> fewer days. =A0

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=A0Umm no. =A0Much as I'm proud that you like my suggestion, that = will NOT work, for the same reason as the original question of xorxes (para= phrastically "Isn't it confusing for cultures who use the differen= t numbering schemes?"). =A0If we all agree that today is xundei, then = what is 9 days from now? =A0The 7-day weekers will say "peldei, while = the 9-day weekers will say "xundei". =A0Standards are standard fo= r a reason. =A0My aim was to establish a standard that doesn't conflict= with already existing cultural standards. =A0And really, is there much var= iation in week length around the world currently? =A0It seems that except f= or the 25 million Igbo's traditional 4 day week, we aren't stepping= on many currently-extant calendrical toes here. =A0And also (I say, tongue= -in-cheekily), with the widespread availability of colored printers, monito= rs and copiers, we can save room in dates by saying, for example Oct 9, 2010 instead of "W= ednesday, Oct 9, 2010" :-)

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=A0 Really, is there anything wrong with universal standards?=A0 That&= #39;s why we have timezones, airport codes, radio frequency etc. etc.

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=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 --gejyspa

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