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Re:The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 ... by fragmede on Sunday November 05, 2023 @03:29AM (#38149341)
But those 365 days don't have to all fit into weeks. Take 364 days, divide those evenly into 7-day weeks, and then have the one (two if leap) new days be not part of the weeks. Call it Caturday or something. Hold a contest.
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Re:The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 ... by spc476 on Sunday November 05, 2023 @04:10AM (#38149509)
The fine article talks about that---there was Jewish resistance to the idea because they felt that the Sabbath was always the 7th day and that would get out of sync.
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Re:The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 ... by RupertEisenhart on Sunday November 05, 2023 @04:29AM (#38149584)
I always figured the funnest thing would just be not to give it a name, and then when people ask be like, well yesterday was Sunday and tomorrow is Monday.

But the more reasonable proposal I heard was just to call it New Years Day/Weekend, depending?

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Re:The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 ... by nemo8551 on Sunday November 05, 2023 @05:01AM (#38149735)
Day’ymcdayface. That’s how that will go down.

Referring to “boaty mcboatface”

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