Board 8 > Would you say Sunday or Monday is the beginning of the week?

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Believe it or not, this is important for a story I'm writing (it's supposed to take course over a week). I know calendars put Sunday first, but it's called a weekend, is all.

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Neither. I'm off Thursdays and Fridays from work so Saturdays are the beginning of my week

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Always been Monday for me.

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I'd say Monday, but really, you can start a week from any day you want.

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The calendar says Sunday, so that's what I go with. Monday is just the beginning of the work week, not the week in general.

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Sunday, I never got the weekend argument, you don't call Monday the week start.

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On one hand, you could look at the term weekend like bookend - one at the front, one at the back.

On the other, the working and trading week starts on a Monday, and what people do is generally much different on a Monday than a Sunday (as opposed to a Saturday and a Sunday, which are similar days).

Monday makes the most sense.

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From: jck4332 | #006
Sunday, I never got the weekend argument, you don't call Monday the week start.

"Week start" is definitely never used. But if I say I did something at the start of the week, I'll generally be talking about Monday or Tuesday, never ever Sunday.

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Monday for me.

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Weekend works like bookend.

Though I do consider Monday the start because I go by work weeks.

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The start of the week is Sunday. The start of the common work week is Monday. Why is this an argument? They are two different things. People may work different schedules, but that doesnt change what the technical week is.

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If this story takes place in America, it's Sunday. If it takes place anywhere else, it's Monday.

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Monday

I don't even know anyone who refers to Sunday as the start of the week

I've never even heard of it until this topic so yeah. European calendars use Monday as the first day, by the way.

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VincentLauw posted...

I've never even heard of it until this topic so yeah. European calendars use Monday as the first day, by the way.

They don't were I live.

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I was always a Sunday kinda guy. However, I do see the merit in thinking of Monday as the start of the week.

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I never understood the argument for "but Saturday and Sunday come at the end of the week, so they're the weekend!". If thats the case, only sunday would be a weekend - otherwise, why does Saturday begin it? Does it start friday when you get off work? If so, your weekend suddenly takes up 40% of your week. It clearly works like Bookend, one at each end of the week.

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From: jck4332 | #014
VincentLauw posted...

I've never even heard of it until this topic so yeah. European calendars use Monday as the first day, by the way.

They don't were I live.

Apparantly they don't either here, but I've seen some that do. I don't know how I came up with that idea, I guess I never paid attention to it.

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Sunday, the way the calendar has it.

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Monday

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"a week" can start at any day

but "the week" starts on Monday, IMO

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"a week" can start at any day

but "the week" starts on Sunday cause it's correct

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but it's called a weekend, is all.

Yes, Sunday and Saturday are the ends of the week because all the other days fall in between them.

Sunday is the first day of the week.

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It's like a sandwich or a hot dog. Sure it has 2 ends, but you start eating it at one of those ends.

Sunday is still the start of the week.

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