LL-L "Tradition" 2010.09.03 (03) [EN]

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From: Ben J. Bloomgren <ben.j.bloomgren at gmail.com>

Subject: LL-L "Tradition" 2010.09.03 (02) [EN]



Heiko and all,



At work (Tornesch near Hamburg, Germany) I frequently hear some people
setting dates in "Kalenderwochen" (calendar week) like
"This project needs to be done till Kalenderwoche 12".



In Norway, the weeks vary depending on what’s around them, especially near
New Year’s Day. How does it work in those places where the Kalenderwoche are
used? Being that September started on a Wednesday, how do they calculate the
Kalenderwoch?



Ben



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From: Sandy Fleming <sandy at fleimin.demon.co.uk>

Subject: LL-L "Tradition" 2010.09.03 (02) [EN]



The Celts used an eight day week and the Basques a three day week, is
that right? It depends on your definition of "week", of course, but if
you take it to mean a short cycle of recurring days patterned to a
lifestyle, probably each with a name to identify what sort of things we
should be doing that day, then I suppose that's right.

I'm only looking on Wikipedia and things, but I don't see any sort of
week associated with Germanic tribes. It would be a bit of a coincidence
if they had the same length of week as the Christians brought along,
surely? Or did our venerable ancestors just not bother with all that
sort of rot?

Sandy Fleming
http://scotstext.org/



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From: M.-L. Lessing <marless at gmx.de>

Subject: LL-L "Tradition" 2010.09.03 (02) [EN]



Hello everyone,



apart from the matter of calendar weeks and religious traditions, is there
anyone living in a western country who has the *feeling *that a new week
begins on sunday? I definitely have not; when I wish you "Schönes
Wochenende" this clearly includes the Sunday; and for all the people I know
Monday is the first day of the new week. When somebody says "We will spend
this weekend on Fehmarn" everybody knows they will go to Fehmarn for
Saturday and Sunday. It would feel curious to *begin *a new week with a day
of rest. I would feel uneasy with it. Usually rest is what you need when you
have *finished *something. Or what say you?



Hartlich



Marlou



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