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So, for comparison - in Poland we use - 24 hour clock - days of the week are called "after not working day", "second day", "middle day", "fourth day", "fifth

by ajuc 4y ago

So, for comparison - in Poland we use - 24 hour clock - days of the week are called "after not working day", "second day", "middle day", "fourth day", "fifth day", "sabbath", "not working day" - months are mostly named from the agricultural/weather phenomena "wood cutting month", "strong cold month", "Mars month", "flowers month", "Mai month", "red pigment larvae month", "linden trees month", "sickle month", "heather month", "chaff month", "falling leaves month", "frozen ground month" Dates are written dd-mm-yyyy or yyyy-mm-dd (less often). The rest is as bad as in USA.

tasuki 4y ago
> "second day" Wtorek? That... does not appear to have "dwa" or anything similar in it. Please ELIC (explain like I'm Czech (actually am, tho lived in Poland for a bit))
- ursusmaritimus 4y ago
  There is an old Slavic word "vtorý" for "second" (not sure about spelling, but it is documented for example in old church Slavonic). Russian still uses "vtoroj" for "second". Several other Slavic languages have a word for Tuesday based on this root, even though their usual word for "second" follows a systematic derivation based on "dva" (two). Examples includes Czech and Slovak ("úterý" for Tuesday in both) and Polish ("wtorek").
  - Void_ 4y ago
    You’d think old Church Slavonic to be an obscure language, but in my local church (in eastern Slovakia) you can attend a liturgy in this language twice a week.
  - ajuc 4y ago
    Polish uses both "drugi" and "wtóry" for second (wtóry sounds old style, but most people understand it).
    - seba_dos1 4y ago
      It's also still retained in words that mean "repeat(ed)" - powtórzyć, powtórny.
- ajuc 4y ago
  Wtóry is oldstyle "second" in Polish.
Izkata 4y ago
"Middle day" isn't the middle day?
- ajuc 4y ago
  It's the middle day of the work week.
jmpeax 4y ago
> "Mars month" I though marzec came from marznąć meaning "to freeze".
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drdeca 4y ago
So you have the day before "seventh day" be called "fifth day"?
- oldgradstudent 4y ago
  "Sabbath" comes from Hebrew for rest or cessation, not from being the seventh day.
  - drdeca 4y ago
    Oh! I thought it meant “seventh”! Thanks for the correction.
- arrrg 4y ago
  Week starts on Monday.
nothrowaways 4y ago
Looks cute.
- seba_dos1 4y ago
  Roots of most of these words aren't instantly obvious even to Poles though - the meaning is there, but hidden behind layers of language evolution. I was aware of some of those roots already, but with some others I went like "huh, I guess this makes sense" only after reading the parent comment (although I'm not sure whether all of them are actually correct).
  - ajuc 4y ago
    It was pretty obvious to me (except styczeń). But I did read Gołubiew's "Bolesław Chrobry" series that's written in Polish stylized to 10th century :)

by ajuc 4y ago

tasuki 4y ago

> "second day" Wtorek? That... does not appear to have "dwa" or anything similar in it. Please ELIC (explain like I'm Czech (actually am, tho lived in Poland for a bit))

ursusmaritimus 4y ago
There is an old Slavic word "vtorý" for "second" (not sure about spelling, but it is documented for example in old church Slavonic). Russian still uses "vtoroj" for "second". Several other Slavic languages have a word for Tuesday based on this root, even though their usual word for "second" follows a systematic derivation based on "dva" (two). Examples includes Czech and Slovak ("úterý" for Tuesday in both) and Polish ("wtorek").
- Void_ 4y ago
  You’d think old Church Slavonic to be an obscure language, but in my local church (in eastern Slovakia) you can attend a liturgy in this language twice a week.
- ajuc 4y ago
  Polish uses both "drugi" and "wtóry" for second (wtóry sounds old style, but most people understand it).
  - seba_dos1 4y ago
    It's also still retained in words that mean "repeat(ed)" - powtórzyć, powtórny.
ajuc 4y ago
Wtóry is oldstyle "second" in Polish.

Izkata 4y ago

"Middle day" isn't the middle day?

ajuc 4y ago
It's the middle day of the work week.

jmpeax 4y ago

> "Mars month" I though marzec came from marznąć meaning "to freeze".

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drdeca 4y ago

So you have the day before "seventh day" be called "fifth day"?

oldgradstudent 4y ago
"Sabbath" comes from Hebrew for rest or cessation, not from being the seventh day.
- drdeca 4y ago
  Oh! I thought it meant “seventh”! Thanks for the correction.
arrrg 4y ago
Week starts on Monday.

nothrowaways 4y ago

Looks cute.

seba_dos1 4y ago
Roots of most of these words aren't instantly obvious even to Poles though - the meaning is there, but hidden behind layers of language evolution. I was aware of some of those roots already, but with some others I went like "huh, I guess this makes sense" only after reading the parent comment (although I'm not sure whether all of them are actually correct).
- ajuc 4y ago
  It was pretty obvious to me (except styczeń). But I did read Gołubiew's "Bolesław Chrobry" series that's written in Polish stylized to 10th century :)