/r/oddlysatisfying grapples with a tough question: Does Sunday fall at the end or the beginning of the week? (np.reddit.com)
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176 comments submitted at 13:58:50 on May 5, 2014 by Dr_Terrible
/r/oddlysatisfying grapples with a tough question: Does Sunday fall at the end or the beginning of the week? (np.reddit.com)
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124 ups - 32 downs = 92 votes
176 comments submitted at 13:58:50 on May 5, 2014 by Dr_Terrible
Saturday in most western languages translates to "Sabbath Day" (or some derivative) being the day god rested on in genesis, which is why the Jewish people keep the sabbath on saturday. In that narrative it explicitly says that day is the seventh day.
Ultimately which day of the week is called the first is arbitrary since it is cyclic anyway, but if you're going to bother to keep the seven day cycle that's based on genesis, you might as well use genesis' convention for what day to call the last day of the week as well.
The swedish name for Saturday comes from the old word for "the bathing day" :D
We are a filthy, filthy people.
Actually, the Vikings were very clean, compared to many others at the time.
Everyone else's bathing day was an annual thing
Saturday = Saturn's Day.
I said "Most western languages" I didn't say "english".
No.
God is real.
His name is Saturn.
ALL HAIL SATURN!
GODWASA_VOLCANO
But /r/badhistory says Napoleon is the antivolcano
Edit. Is she still around?
Nope, RIP
>In Arabic, Saturday is called Sabt (cognate to Sabbath) and it is the first day of the week in many Arabic countries.
>In German, Samstag is always used in Austria, Liechtenstein, and the German-speaking part of Switzerland, and generally used in southern and western Germany. It derives from Old High German sambaztac, which itself derives from Greek Σάββατο, and this Greek word derives from Hebrew שבת (Shabbat). However, the current German word for Sabbath is Sabbat.
...and?
/u/CATHOLIC_EXTREMIST wrote:
>Saturday in most western languages translates to "Sabbath Day"
You wrote:
>Saturday = Saturn's Day
To which I responded with examples of what /u/CATHOLIC_EXTREMIST meant.
And this changes or adds to what about what I said, exactly?
Well, if your comment wasn’t meant to refute /u/CATHOLIC_EXTREMIST’s statement, then it was pretty arbitrary.
P: "Cucumbers are plants in the gourd family.”
Q: “I like tomatoes!”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday
Those other names for that particular day of the week have little to do with our current name for that day of the week.
Our current name is "Saturday" derived from the Latin for "Saturn's Day."
The fact that it also corresponds with the sabbat has nothing to do with the name we use today.
You’re talking about the English word. The redditor you responded to was not.
No, I'm talking about the calendar established by the Roman Catholic Church, which was the matter of discussion.
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