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Post by hoops902 on Mar 28, 2011 9:04:01 GMT -5
Yes, they're the ends. Sunday is at the front end and Saturday is at the back end. ;D LOL, that was good. End still means end though, and not beginning. It's the same as with bookends. You don't put 2 bookends on one side of the books. You put one on the front end, and one on the back end. ETA: Obviously someone beats me to the same comparison immediately before i type it. Or with rope. A rope does not have a beginning and an end. It simply has 2 ends.
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Post by schildi on Mar 28, 2011 9:36:33 GMT -5
LOL, that was good. End still means end though, and not beginning. It's the same as with bookends. You don't put 2 bookends on one side of the books. You put one on the front end, and one on the back end. ETA: Obviously someone beats me to the same comparison immediately before i type it. Or with rope. A rope does not have a beginning and an end. It simply has 2 ends. No, time only moves in one direction, so for a given period of time (like a week), there is a beginning and an end, not like with a rope that has two ends.
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Post by zibazinski on Mar 28, 2011 9:40:11 GMT -5
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Post by schildi on Mar 28, 2011 9:54:27 GMT -5
Also, Saturday and Sunday are called "the week end", not "the weekend s", hoops, right? Nope, today is the first day of the week! ;D
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hoops902
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Post by hoops902 on Mar 28, 2011 10:04:20 GMT -5
Also, Saturday and Sunday are called "the weekend", not "the weekends", hoops, right? I don't think you can argue that a society has dubbed Saturday and Sunday as "the weekend" so that means the week starts on Monday when that same society has also agreed that Sunday is the first day of the week. You can't pick and choose which societal rules to use or ignore when they speak to the same topic. If you want to be literal about colloquial expressions then what do you think "hump day" means?
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Post by lulubean on Mar 28, 2011 10:15:48 GMT -5
I always thought Monday is the first day of the week.
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Post by schildi on Mar 28, 2011 10:49:05 GMT -5
Also, Saturday and Sunday are called "the weekend", not "the weekends", hoops, right? I don't think you can argue that a society has dubbed Saturday and Sunday as "the weekend" so that means the week starts on Monday when that same society has also agreed that Sunday is the first day of the week. You can't pick and choose which societal rules to use or ignore when they speak to the same topic. If you want to be literal about colloquial expressions then what do you think "hump day" means? hoops, my question was in reply to your rope ends comparison, which is imo not very valid. I have no idea what a "hump" day is, really. Every day? ;D
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Post by Tiny on Mar 28, 2011 11:57:33 GMT -5
My US calendar (Outhouses) starts with Sunday. My UK calendar (Citroen Classic Cars) starts with Monday. Guess it depends on where you live as to when your week starts
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Post by dragonfly7 on Mar 28, 2011 13:06:23 GMT -5
My house calendars have always started on Sunday, but I find it nearly impossible to buy a daily planner that doesn't run Monday-Sunday.
And to complicate things even more, my last workplace calculated the workweek as Saturday-Friday, but we were closed Sunday-Monday.
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Post by so1970 on Mar 28, 2011 14:25:15 GMT -5
albert einstein said the only reason for time is so everything doesn't happen at once.
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