[90595] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Eurotalk - New Specialism - Time
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Philip Newton)
Tue Nov 8 15:01:25 2011
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From: Philip Newton <philip.newton@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 21:00:48 +0100
To: =?ISO-8859-1?B?QW5kcukgTfxsbGVy?= <esperantist@gmail.com>,
tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 19:19, Andr=E9 M=FCller <esperantist@gmail.com> wrot=
e:
> There's another possibility.
> We count days in two independent systems: days, months, years on the one
> side, days of the week on the other. So the first day of the year isn't
> always a Monday (or Sunday, for some). The Mayas had a similar calendar
> system with two (or even three) independent counting systems.
>
> So it might be similar for Klingon:
> A new day starts at dawn, but the time is still counted from the midnight
> on. That also coincides with my sense of time: even at 3 o'clock in the
> morning, I'd still say it's not the new day, yet, because for my inner cl=
ock
> the new day starts when I get up... or maybe when the sun goes up. Maybe
> that's what David meant.
Similarly in England for many years, when the calendar starts in
January but the new year (when the year number gets incremented)
started on (IIRC) 25 March - Lady Day.
The Calendar FAQ links to a tombstone of a boy (
http://www.tondering.dk/main/index.php/calendar-information/1-information/6=
-did-he-die-before-he-was-born
) with an inscription saying that he was "borne May y 13 An. Do. 1683
& dyed Feb 19 the same year".
Which is similar to, say, a duty shift starting at {cha'maH cha'vetlh
rep} on the 14th of Octember and ending at {loSvatlh rep} on the same
day.
Cheers,
Philip
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@gmail.com>
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