From: Torsten Poulin <t_usenet_drop@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: calenday (was Re: IBM Acquires Rational Ada
Date: 18 Dec 2002 23:57:16 GMT
Date: 2002-12-18T23:57:16+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <atr20s$1tqm3$1@ID-89913.news.dfncis.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: elkqta.fj3.ln@beastie.ix.netcom.com
Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
>> "week days". Who designed this crazy language? (English, I
>> mean?) ;-)
> The Celts, the Romans, the Saxons, the Danes, and the Normans.
> What did you expect of a language-by-committee (especially when
> the committee members had only serial meetings <G>)
Danish calls the 24 hour period "d�gn"� and the period when the
sun is up "dag". Apparently, the committee responsible for the
design of English overlooked this neat little feature. Maybe yet
another example of the all too common not-invented-here syndrome
:)
� Actually, "d�gn" can be used for any 24 hour period, no matter
when it begins.
--
Torsten
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2002-12-18 5:58 calenday (was Re: IBM Acquires Rational Ada Grein, Christoph
2002-12-18 15:06 ` Robert A Duff
2002-12-18 20:09 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2002-12-18 23:57 ` Torsten Poulin [this message]
2002-12-19 9:20 ` Anders Wirzenius
2002-12-19 15:33 ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-12-23 2:12 ` AG
2002-12-18 20:57 ` Dale Stanbrough
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2002-12-18 7:52 Grein, Christoph
2002-12-18 7:39 Grein, Christoph
2002-12-18 6:05 Grein, Christoph
2002-12-17 5:51 Grein, Christoph
2002-12-17 14:50 ` Robert A Duff
2002-12-17 5:47 Grein, Christoph
2002-12-17 14:43 ` Robert A Duff
2002-12-17 21:35 ` Wes Groleau
2002-12-18 2:09 ` Robert A Duff
2002-12-18 6:32 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2002-12-18 18:33 ` Wes Groleau
2002-12-18 21:04 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-12-18 9:10 ` Anders Wirzenius
2002-12-17 20:48 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2002-12-18 14:52 ` Ted Dennison
2002-12-18 20:19 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2002-12-18 14:23 ` Karel Miklav
2002-12-07 2:47 Richard Riehle
2002-12-09 13:09 ` Marin David Condic
2002-12-09 22:45 ` steve_H
2002-12-10 13:50 ` Marin David Condic
2002-12-10 17:47 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2002-12-10 20:21 ` Wes Groleau
2002-12-10 22:05 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2002-12-11 2:50 ` steve_H
2002-12-11 13:45 ` Marin David Condic
2002-12-11 14:46 ` Wes Groleau
2002-12-12 13:07 ` Marin David Condic
2002-12-12 18:19 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2002-12-16 10:11 ` calenday (was " Peter Hermann
2002-12-16 18:38 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2002-12-16 19:04 ` Bill Findlay
2002-12-16 20:25 ` David C. Hoos
2002-12-16 20:37 ` Bill Findlay
2002-12-16 21:41 ` David C. Hoos
2002-12-16 22:11 ` Bill Findlay
2002-12-17 15:47 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2002-12-17 16:26 ` Peter Hermann
2002-12-17 16:37 ` Bill Findlay
2002-12-16 22:32 ` tmoran
2002-12-16 22:21 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-12-17 8:07 ` Simon Wright
2002-12-19 12:23 ` Frank Piron
2002-12-19 12:33 ` Karel Miklav
2002-12-19 13:24 ` Marin David Condic
2002-12-17 14:46 ` Robert A Duff
2002-12-17 19:08 ` tmoran
2002-12-17 19:15 ` Bill Findlay
2002-12-17 20:00 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-12-17 19:48 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-12-17 20:08 ` David C. Hoos
2002-12-17 20:52 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2002-12-17 21:43 ` Steven Murdoch
2002-12-17 16:39 ` Robert A Duff
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2002-12-18 13:20 ` Marin David Condic
2002-12-18 15:17 ` Robert A Duff
2002-12-18 17:58 ` Marin David Condic
2002-12-19 8:48 ` tmoran
2002-12-19 13:18 ` Marin David Condic
2002-12-19 20:46 ` Randy Brukardt
2002-12-20 12:23 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-12-20 21:35 ` Randy Brukardt
2002-12-20 13:15 ` Marin David Condic
2002-12-20 12:19 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-12-21 15:48 ` Marin David Condic
2002-12-21 14:54 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-12-20 18:49 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-12-20 19:48 ` Frank J. Lhota
2002-12-20 21:29 ` Randy Brukardt
2002-12-23 2:05 ` AG
2002-12-27 20:43 ` Randy Brukardt
2002-12-21 15:59 ` Marin David Condic
2002-12-20 21:49 ` Randy Brukardt
2002-12-18 18:57 ` Robert A Duff
[not found] ` <atk8s0$7dm$1@news.uni <wcc4r9b40ka.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com>
2002-12-18 19:16 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2002-12-18 22:03 ` Randy Brukardt
2002-12-18 22:00 ` Randy Brukardt
2002-12-18 22:39 ` Robert A Duff
2002-12-19 2:41 ` Marin David Condic
2002-12-19 11:47 ` Larry Kilgallen
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