[...much debate snipped...]

I think most of us treat Monday as the "first" day of the week,
regardless of calendars, tradition, or religion since we measure time
most often relative to our work schedules.  Unless you have an unusual
job, Monday is the first day of the week.

Regarding the debate on what "next week" means, in the south (at least
regionally to my area) the week has no meaning.  Instead, we refer to
day-of-week references as "next Tuesday" meaning the first Tuesday to be
encountered from the current day, or "Tuesday week" meaning the second
Tuesday encountered from the current day.  This usage carries on with
references such as "next week" being sometime 7 or more days from now,
regardless of what "now" is.

But as to the ordinality of weekdays, unless my foreign language
instructors were mistaken, Monday *is* the first day of the week in
Europe (at least France and Spain), though I may be corrected here :-)
I was of the inferred opinion that Sunday as the first day of the week
was a western hemisphere thing.

As for Ted's post, we can presume that the Adventist religion isn't ISO
compliant.  Perhaps ISO is a Baptist conspiracy? :-)

Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>