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Both ends of the week are the weekend. One is the starting weekend, and the other the ending weekend.
by count 4y ago
Both ends of the week are the weekend.
One is the starting weekend, and the other the ending weekend.
- hunter2_ 4y agoRight, I (in the US) always figured "end" in the word "weekend" was akin to the two ends of a line segment, the two ends of a bar, etc. To instead think of "end" in the word "weekend" as the opposite of "start" is to use a completely different definition of the word "end". I wonder if "weekend" therefore has two definitions, given the split dependency.
- glandium 4y agoIt feels to me that for "end" to be used as the two ends of the week, it would be weekends (plural), not weekend (singular).
- NorwegianDude 4y agoConsidering that the word is from the British and the fact that the week ends with Sunday there, that can't be it. It would also be weekends, not weekend if there was multiple ends. The upcoming weekends doesn't mean Saturday and Sunday in the US... It occurs over a time period of at least one whole week into the future...right?