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Have a Good Weekend!




So our favorite time of the week has arrived -- the weekend!  Naturally, this got me thinking and then I wondered if I shouldn't write a short blog post:  what difference is there between the weekend and the end of the week?  I mean, they're practically the same thing aren't they?

Not quite:
  • The weekend is, in most western countries, made up of Saturday and Sunday.  Traditionally, outside of the retail industry, most people do not work on these days, reserving them for family or personal activities.  Below is a scene from Downton Abbey, which shows that in former times and for a certain "sector" of the population, there was virtually no difference between the activities people did during the week and on the weekends.  The dowager's question was absolutely sincere and she was by no means making fun of Matthew, the blond man.








  • Different from the weekend is the end of the week, which should actually be called the end of the "working week" for most people.  This time period is less established than the weekend, but generally speaking we can assume it is definitely Friday (in purple below) and very often includes Thursday afternoon.  If someons gets to something toward or by the end of the week, it can be assumed that the activity will be done by Friday.


So in this infographic, the weekend is in red -- yes, in the United States the first day of the week is Sunday (don't ask me why) -- and the end of the week is in blue (i.e. probably) and purple (i.e. definitely).










I usually try not to support such blatantly sexist videos, but I have included a song with a little rap to it for your listening pleasure...and it is about the weekend.

Have a good one!





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