Re: Mayan Calendar (was Re: The New Year)
| From: | wayne chevrier <wachevrier@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 23, 2003, 17:51 |
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Nik Taylor nevesht:
>wayne chevrier wrote:
> > and IIRC there were
> > names given to each day in the Revolutionary calendar.
>
>The Revolutionary calendar (assuming you mean the French Revolutionary
>Calendar), had a ten-day week (decade, IIRC), in which each day's name
>translated as "Firstday", "Seconday", etc. Each month had 3 decades, so
>that to name a day, you'd say, for the 11th, for example, decade II
>(Firstday)
>
Yes, but I have read that all the days had names as well.
-Wayne Chevrier
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