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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by count on Sunday September 25, 2022 @05:41PM (#32976593)
Both ends of the week are the weekend.

One is the starting weekend, and the other the ending weekend.

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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by hunter2_ on Sunday September 25, 2022 @05:53PM (#32976735)
Right, I (in the US) always figured "end" in the word "weekend" was akin to the two ends of a line segment, the two ends of a bar, etc.

To instead think of "end" in the word "weekend" as the opposite of "start" is to use a completely different definition of the word "end".

I wonder if "weekend" therefore has two definitions, given the split dependency.

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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by glandium on Sunday September 25, 2022 @06:09PM (#32976896)
It feels to me that for "end" to be used as the two ends of the week, it would be weekends (plural), not weekend (singular).
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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by NorwegianDude on Sunday September 25, 2022 @06:40PM (#32977133)
Considering that the word is from the British and the fact that the week ends with Sunday there, that can't be it. It would also be weekends, not weekend if there was multiple ends. The upcoming weekends doesn't mean Saturday and Sunday in the US... It occurs over a time period of at least one whole week into the future...right?
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