Re: Demotion of Pluto

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From: "caeruleancentaur" <caeruleancentaur@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 10:03 AM
Subject: Demotion of Pluto


> In the beginning the Senjecans did not have a seven-day week.
> Rather the phases of the moon were used, a system a bit unwieldy
> since the length of the phases can vary.  With an unscientific
> cursory glance at the phases during 2006, I see that a phase can
> last anywhere from six to eight days, so I used the above names for
> the six days, adding one-day-extra and two-days-extra as names when
> needed.
The Kasshi's "Week" had a similar origin.  However, unlike your Senjecans,
they did not adopt a fixed, equal-length week.  Instead, each month is
divided into four quarters (of fixed, but not equal, length).  Thus, they
have 6-day "weeks" and 7-day "weeks".

When they adopted a solar calendar, the quarters were revised, but they
still remained variable in length.