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I was talking to my father earlier, and i said something about the week beginning on Sunday, and he said "I think Israel is the only place where the week begins on Sunday." To which I replied, "And in calendars."

So, I was wondering what day of the week NSers thought the week begins on.
Poll coming.
Edit: poll is up

Thursday

I was talking to my father earlier, and i said something about the week beginning on Sunday, and he said "I think Israel is the only place where the week begins on Sunday." To which I replied, "And in calendars."

So, I was wondering what day of the week NSers thought the week begins on.
Poll coming.

About half of Latin America considers Sunday the beginning of the week and the other half Monday. In Mexico it's Sunday, and that's what I still consider as the start of the week for calendar purposes.

In practical terms all I care is that Sunday is the end of the weekend :(

Lunes!!!


nah, pretty sure its sunday. though my boss *does* make out time-sheets out to start on monday, that's because the work week starts monday...allthough I work all weekend so I don't see how that makes sense....hrm...

In the US: formally, its always sunday. That is how it is taught to our children. Monday works in any practical scenario, though.

Sunday.

The only time it matters to me it's-

When the job starts
-or-
When the pay period starts.

Both vary from job to job.

When school starts: Monday.

The week starts for me on Friday. :D
Gott sei dank es ist Freitag!

Monday. Because it's when the weekend ends. :p

It starts whenever Chuck Norris says it does.

Wednesday.

Tuesday, because time is arbitrary, and I arbitrarily chose Wednesday, but then I changed my mind because it seemed too arbitrary, so I changed my answer.

Personally, I say that Monday is the first day of the week

Personally, I say that Monday is the first day of the week

So did Hitler. [/godwin]

Sunday, or at least thats what every calender I have ever seen outside of Spanish class has told me.

The week doesn't "start", because it has never ended. That's right, folks, the first week in recorded history is still going, and may continue to go on for all eternity. All this business about Monday's and Saturday's is just an illusion being used to conceal a conspiracy based on a lie wrapped up in an enigma surrounded by libel dunked in a vat of slander and swirled around until dark-brown with lies.

It starts on Saturday cause it's always the weekend in Kiryu-shi!!!

*dances*

It starts on goddamn monday. After the weekend, when we go back to work.

It starts whenever Chuck Norris says it does.

I wish I could ban you for that comment.

I was talking to my father earlier, and i said something about the week beginning on Sunday, and he said "I think Israel is the only place where the week begins on Sunday." To which I replied, "And in calendars."

So, I was wondering what day of the week NSers thought the week begins on.
Poll coming.
Edit: poll is up

Really? American calendars let the week begin on Sundays? That's interesting.... German calendars start weeks on Mondays.

well, my week starts on Sunday. Coz that's what the calenders say.

Ummm, Monday. Duh.

Does it matter, really?

Sunday, although it's arbitrary.

Sunday, although it's arbitrary.

Monday :p

Monday :p

:rolleyes:

Mondays, because Swedish (and most other European, I believe) calendars begin weeks on Mondays, and because Monday is the day that comes after the weekend. As usual, the American way of doing things makes no sense. :p

Monday. That's when school and most non-retail jobs start.

Calendars here in the US make no sense. I'm glad to learn that the "Sunday-start" convention isn't worldwide!

I was always taught Sunday in school.

Sweet-morn. Obviously.

I know it starts on Monday.
The idea that we should have one day off work at the end of the week and one day off at the start is retarded, shame on those that thought that up.

Monday.
1) Calendars in the UK start the week on Monday.
2) It comes after the weekend. How can Sunday, as part of the end come at the beginning?

Irrelevant to me. I don't get "weekends" as such anymore.

Irrelevant to me. I don't get "weekends" as such anymore.
That's weak.
*pities you*

Saturday and Sunday are called the weekEND for a reason!

Monday. Because it say's so in the DJ Shadow's "Six Days" remix.*

"At the starting of the week, at summit talks you hear them speak, its only Monday..."

*(trying to come up with an original reason other than "that's just the way its always been" ).

On one hand, I have something on my wall (calendar), based on similar documents written hundreds of years ago that say the week starts on Sunday. OTOH, I get a reasonably large sum of money deposited into my bank account every other Monday.

As far as I'm concerned, large sums of money trump hundred year-old documents. The week starts on Monday!

Monday because its un-American:)

I went with "Sunday, because the calendars say so", but it's actually more to do with language - the week here in Iceland starts on Sunday, because that's the name of our days. What's called Tuesday in English is called "Third day", Wednesday is "Middle-of-week day" and Thursday is "Fifth day" (Friday is "Fasting day"). Some bishop, a few ages ago, decided that it was terribly un-Christian to have the name of heathen gods in the names of the days (Tuesday = Tyr's day, Wednesday = Odin's day, Thursday = Thor's day, Friday = Frigg's or Freyja's day), so he just went ahead and changed it to something a bit more Christian and unimaginative.

Well, for Tuesday to be the third day of the week, and Thursday to be the fifth day, the week's gotta start on Sunday, right?

Monday, because Italian regulations state that.

Where's the "Monday, because the calendar says so!" option??

Woden's Day, of course.

According to Christianity, Sunday is the seventh day making Monday the first day of the week.

"Officially" Sunday is the first day of the week. Maybe it serves as a buffer to Monday.

According to the business world, Monday is typically the first day of the week as well.

Sunday

Look Monday in Portuguese is segunda-feira which translates as "Second market".

So, as a second market is clearly not the first day of the week, then the first day will be when it would be the First market. This is the day before the second market. Hence Sunday (Domingo) has to be the first day of the week.

The rest of the world that speak other languages can debate this all they want, but the Portuguese speakers have a clear and unequivocal answer.

I reckon the only reason that the americans have weeks starting on a Sunday is that they are capitalist pigs. You see, Monday and Friday tend to be the busiest days (because you won't be working at the weekend and have to prepare for two days of not working) and you never have enough space to write down everything you have to do. So if you have the weekends days either side it gives you extra space to write down what you need to do. American calendars are capitalist inventions to make sure they can squeeze as much work out of you as possible.

I reckon the only reason that the americans have weeks starting on a Sunday is that they are capitalist pigs. You see, Monday and Friday tend to be the busiest days (because you won't be working at the weekend and have to prepare for two days of not working) and you never have enough space to write down everything you have to do. So if you have the weekends days either side it gives you extra space to write down what you need to do. American calendars are capitalist inventions to make sure they can squeeze as much work out of you as possible.
Buh?

I've never really bothered with weeks since I became a student. The days just roll into each other when you have five of them off a week.

Well Sunday is considered to be a part of the weekend so it doesn't make much sense to consider that to be the beginning of the week as well. And yet since the calendar is designed like that we often do. It would make more sense to consider Monday to be the beginning of the week, but I dont really care.

thursday, because i'm being facetious.

I was taught that Sunday was the first day of the week.

Well, for Tuesday to be the third day of the week, and Thursday to be the fifth day, the week's gotta start on Sunday, right?

I thought only Portuguese did that.

My week starts on Thursday afternoon, half past four when I can booze again :D

Monday, since that's when Solomon Grundy was born.

Mondays, because Swedish (and most other European, I believe) calendars begin weeks on Mondays, and because Monday is the day that comes after the weekend. As usual, the American way of doing things makes no sense. :pSeconded.

Monday.
1) Calendars in the UK start the week on Monday.
2) It comes after the weekend. How can Sunday, as part of the end come at the beginning?

I don't count the last half of Sunday as weekend.

Really? American calendars let the week begin on Sundays? That's interesting.... German calendars start weeks on Mondays.

Isn't Wednesday Mittwoch? Like, mid-week? That would imply Sunday

wednesday, so that the placement is not religion-based.

Monday, since that's when Solomon Grundy was born.
Best answer yet. :)

wednesday, so that the placement is not religion-based.

What about Wodan?

I was talking to my father earlier, and i said something about the week beginning on Sunday, and he said "I think Israel is the only place where the week begins on Sunday." To which I replied, "And in calendars."

So, I was wondering what day of the week NSers thought the week begins on.
Poll coming.
Edit: poll is up

Whatever you say, you're all wrong. The week begins on Thursday because the Universe began on Thursday. Everything else before that is an illusion.

the week doesn't begin or end. It just happens over and over again.

I'd like to point out that the word "weekend" actually comes from "weekends." This is because at one end of the week (the beginning) we have sunday, and at the other end (the end) we have saturday. Yup.

Monday, because that's when I start doing stuff. I don't do stuff on Sunday, and generally spend the day just chillin' and relaxing. The week doesn't start until stuff starts, on Monday.