james_nicoll

It's interesting -- the ambiguity is completely foreign to me when I put on either my Russian or my Israeli hats on. It's just a non-issue in those contexts. I wonder why the matter is open for debate in North America. Is it also a point of contention in other Anglophone countries?

Sunday is the last day of the week but the first column in our calendars. The French calendars get this one right, but then we both overlook that March is the first month for reasons that I understand even less.

Probably because it's too awkward to issue calendars that start on March 25 and end on the following March 24.