So you're saying that up until 1988 everyone thought Sunday was the first day of the week and not part of the weekend?
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[Misc] When does the new week start?
- Thread starter TheJasperCo
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- Aug 7, 2003
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All UK construction programmes are week commencing Monday, so that’s where my vote goes.
Most calendars started on a Sunday
Have a look. Whether you agree or not it was a fact.
https://www.google.com/search?q=197...z=1CAVARX_enGB1008GB1008#imgrc=tsV02ClUGAvyQM
Also many on here going on about working day starts on Mon to Friday. Really?
I've never been in a job that works within that time frame.
What does weekend mean?
The weekend is most commonly considered the period between Friday evening and the end of Sunday.
More strictly speaking, the weekend is thought to consist of Saturday and Sunday (often regardless of whether the calendar week is considered to begin on Sunday or Monday).
In practical terms, the weekend is typically considered to be the period between the end of the workweek (or school week) and the beginning of a new one—which is why most people consider their weekend to start on Friday night, after work or school.
Of course, not everyone works a Monday-to-Friday schedule. A person who normally works on the weekend (on Saturday and Sunday) will probably consider any two-day stretch that they don’t have to work as their weekend.
Any additional days off on either side of a weekend are often considered part of the weekend. For example, a day off for a holiday on Friday or Monday will result in a three-day weekend. Or you could take off on Monday and Tuesday for a long weekend.
Weekend can also be used as an adjective in reference to something that happens on a weekend (as in a weekend session), lasts only for a weekend (as in a weekend trip), or only applies during a weekend (as in weekend hours).
Much less commonly, weekend can be used as a verb meaning to spend a weekend somewhere, as in We like to weekend in the Hamptons. This sense can sound a bit fancy or even pretentious (the same thing can be said about summer when it’s used as a verb).
The word weekends can be used as an adverb meaning every weekend or on or during weekends, as in I work weekends, so I always miss my son’s Saturday games.
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Sunday is part of the weekEND, not the beginning.
Whatever anyone else might have decided it was always Monday to me, now that I'm retired it makes bugger all difference. 
jessiejames
Never late in a V8
A lorry drivers working week is 00.00 Sunday to midnight Saturday, but i start work 4am earliest on a Monday morning
I was surprised at the poll, I've spent my whole life believing Sunday was officially the start of the week. Monday was always the logical/sensible start. I had no idea that ISO had changed this in 1988, I can breath easy now that I know common sense prevailed. Got to love NSC sometimes.
Yes same as me. Though some feel it needs to be posted with insults to those of yesteryear that understand the norm to be different to their belief.
Don't start that one again! We had a thread all about 'when is next Sunday' (or one of the days anyway) - and there was no agreed answer....
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
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never been to a restaurant with a lunch and dinner menu?
Washie
Well-known member
They're both ends, Sunday at one end, Saturday the other
Glawstergull
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The meal taken in the middle of the day is called lunch.Tea is taken mid/late afternoon.
Do you want to scream now?