Ah, indeed. I knew that was the word they were saying, but I'd always, incorrectly, assumed that the jour/journée distinction derived from the same root as the

Ah, indeed. I knew that was the word they were saying, but I'd always, incorrectly, assumed that the jour/journée distinction derived from the same root as the English "journey". Oops. Bad example. Thanks for pointing that out. (EDIT: actually, looking up the English word, we borrowed it from the French journée! So I got the example right, but for entirely the wrong reasons, and in the wrong direction.)