Re: [lojban] days of the week

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 02:15:42PM -0400, Luke Bergen wrote:
> I saw the following on twitter:  {.i lo jaurdei cu ci moi djedi .i
> lo mudydei cu vo moi djedi .i li'o}.  Much to my surprise, I find
> that {jaurdei} is Wednesday and {mudydei} is Thursday (not to be
> confused with thursday, which is {vondei} and makes more sense in
> my mind).  What is it about Wednesday that it "water"ish?  And
> what is it about Thursday that is woodish?  In fact, it seems that
> there's an {<element>dei} form for each day of the week.  What is
> the origin of this?

http://ezinearticles.com/?Japanese-Days-of-the-Week&id=278918

Why someone imported this into Lojban I have *no* idea; do not
expect to find this in any published dictionary while I'm still
breathing.

-Robin

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