Re: Naming days of the week and months of the year????

Muke Tever wrote:
>Isn't it so that the first day of the week is Sunday in America but Monday
>in European countries?  [So print media leads me to believe.]

Yes, so our calendars would have us believe.  But we all know that Monday
(aargh) is the first day.

Just numbering the days 1-7 not a good solution.  Millions of Moslems, Jews
and some Christians hold Saturday, most Christians Sunday, as the end of the
week.  For hundreds of million others, Sat. of Sun. may or may not be just a
day off work.

Perhaps we could adapt the Portuguese system-- Work-day 1 thru 5 or 6,
Off-day 1 (and 2, depending on how many work days you have).  But then the
religiosos would be offended at their various Sabbaths being called
"Off-day".
Good grief.
>
>If so a [global] day-by-number system would either have to resynchronize
the
>week or end up looking odd, like how we call the twelfth month the tenth
>['December']..

At least here we could go 1-12 without offending anyone except those who
persist in following the lunar calendar.......I suppose (as in Indonesia)
the 12-mo. calendar could be used for commerce etc., and leave it up to the
various religions to use their own calendars for ritual purposes.

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