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Sonday is the 7th day on Chinese calendars. Or used to be.


760 posted on 12/08/2018 3:10:41 PM PST by JockoManning (http://www.zazzle.com/brain_truth for hats T's e.g. STAY CALM & DO THE NEXT LOVING THING)
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To: JockoManning; haffast

JockoManning wrote:

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Sonday is the 7th day on Chinese calendars. Or used to be.”

Some Scottish calendars also; I had bought one when I went to the Old Country back in the mid-90’s.

And note the reference to the ISO standard 8601 saying Sunday is the 7th day:

https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/days/sunday.html

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/6495398/Officially-Sunday-is-not-the-first-day-of-the-week.html


933 posted on 12/09/2018 9:04:51 AM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000)
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