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Re: [lojban] Re: a different weekday proposal



Dnia środa, 6 października 2010 o 10:24:40 Balon_ napisał(a):

> In some cultures and countries Sunday is not restday. Sunday is
> workday.

It's a pity, because I tcetcetce nelci "niedziela" for a do-nothing day.

> partyday in Saturday is specific to western culture.

Every day is party day! ;)

> mijdei should be thursday not wednesday.

And yet "środa" (mid-day) is wednesday. Even though "czwartek" (fourth-day) and "piątek" (fifth-day) are thursday and friday, respectively. Inconsistencies in natural languages are lovely ;)

> Why friday is payday?

It seems to me this is not even specific to Western culture, but only to Anglo-Saxon one, where there are wages paid weekly.


Considering all this, I wonder: we have local major money units (rupnu), local length units (gutci), local area units (kramu), but time is measured in minutes, hours, days (OK, this is no surprise), 7-day weeks and 1/12-of-the-year months. Why?
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