In Hebrew the names of the days of the week are ordinals for Sunday (first) to Friday (sixth). European umbers are not used, but Hebrew (Alef to Vav) are.
Jony > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Serge Nesterovitch > Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 9:41 AM > To: Doug Ewell > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re[2]: Month names (was: Re: Standard Conventions and euro) > > > Hello Doug, > > Monday, March 04, 2002, 3:07:44 AM, you wrote: > > DE> In the Hebrew calendar, only Shabbat (Saturday) has a > name; the rest > DE> of the days are numbered. In Russian and Portuguese, most of the > DE> day names are numeric. > It's wrong information. > In Russian NO one days of week name is numeric. > 3 of it's names are based on the numbers, > but vtornik =/= vtoroi > chetverg =/= chetveryi > pyatnitsa =/= pyatyi > Using numbers of a days where names must be used is impossible. > > And when somebody trying to use day _numbers_ he must > remember, that not in all cultures week begins from the same > day. There are some traditions, in which the first day of the > week is a sunday, and some - with the first day - monday. > > > > > > > > > > -- > Best regards, > Serge mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >
