thrawn@beehaw.org to Chat@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoWhat petty hill will you die on?message-squaremessage-square457fedilinkarrow-up1177arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1177arrow-down1message-squareWhat petty hill will you die on?thrawn@beehaw.org to Chat@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square457fedilinkfile-text
For me I say that a truck with a cab longer than its bed is not a truck, but an SUV with an overgrown bumper.
minus-squaremetaltoilet@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoDo people actually think otherwise?
minus-squareKidDogDad@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoAmerican here: I fully accept that Monday as first day of the week makes more logical sense, but my brain can’t reverse years of programming. I get very confused and make mistakes if I look at a calendar that starts on Monday.
minus-squareAthoggelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoThe more I learn about america the weirder it gets.
minus-squareorphiebaby@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoI find that all countries do some pretty weird things. Some more than others, Japan.
minus-square018118055linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIn some languages, the word for Wednesday would be translated as “mid-week”. I think the logic follows from that.
Do people actually think otherwise?
American here: I fully accept that Monday as first day of the week makes more logical sense, but my brain can’t reverse years of programming. I get very confused and make mistakes if I look at a calendar that starts on Monday.
The more I learn about america the weirder it gets.
I find that all countries do some pretty weird things. Some more than others, Japan.
In some languages, the word for Wednesday would be translated as “mid-week”. I think the logic follows from that.