[Gllug] [OT] Monthly GLLUG grammer report

[Ian Moore]

>> They could have declared the year to have 360 days so that it was 
>> more readily divisible into exact amounts. An annual five day 
>> holiday to celebrate the wisdom of the idea would be good.
> 
> 
> You may joke about that, but several of the metric time groups have 
> proposed similar systems. Various poeple have suggested a 10 day 
> week, with a 3 day weekend, and a 5 day yearly break to make up the 
> difference.
> 


This is a very old idea: the Ancient Egyptians actually used such a 
system. They had 12 months of 30 days, each month having 3 weeks of 10 
days. The extra 5 days per year were a religous festival celebrating the 
birthdays of 5 deities.

Ian



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