Re: Why not 13 months? (Was La Systeme Metrique)
Robert McGee (rmcgee@worldbank.org)
12 Oct 1995 20:31:43 GMT
In article <45jtp7$eiv@minerva.worldbank.org>, rmcgee@worldbank.org (Robert McGee) says:
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>The Russian "sreda" also refers to Wednesday's position in the middle
>of the week. (The names of the other working days, as you pointed out,
>derive from the cardinal numbers 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th.) Either the
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Aargh. So much for pedantry.
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