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1. Alexandre Oliva (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Monday, 04-Oct-2021 12:32:33 UTC Alexandre Oliva

   • muesli
   FWIW, in Portuguese, Monday through Friday are spelled segunda-feira to sexta-feira. segunda means second, sexta means sixth. Saturday and Sunday don't follow that pattern, but with that language background it's hard not to think of Sunday as the first day of the week, though not the first weekday ;-)
   • muesli (fribbledom@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 04-Oct-2021 12:32:28 UTC muesli

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     @lxo

     This is super intriguing, thanks for sharing!

   • muesli (fribbledom@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 04-Oct-2021 13:47:05 UTC muesli

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     • McSinyx

     @cnx @lxo

     Obviously that's just a snarky comment I couldn't resist 😄

     "For centuries the Romans used a period of eight days in civil practice, but in 321 CE Emperor Constantine established the seven-day week in the Roman calendar and designated Sunday as the first day of the week. Subsequent days bore the names Moon’s-day, Mars’s-day, Mercury’s-day, Jupiter’s-day, Venus’s-day, and Saturn’s-day. Constantine, a convert to Christianity, decreed that Sunday should be a day of rest and worship."

   • McSinyx (cnx@nixnet.social)'s status on Monday, 04-Oct-2021 13:47:23 UTC McSinyx

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     • muesli

     @lxo, in Vietnamese Monday to Saturday are literally number two to number seven, but I use an ISO date widget so it’s a math exercise every time I forget what day it is.

     I don’t understand why you mentioned God though, @fribbledom: I’m not a Christian, but I’ve read Genesis out of curiosity and IIRC Jehovah took six days to create the world and spend the seventh day relaxing. I believe that Sunday being the first day of the week has a non-Christian root.