Re: fortnight interval support

On 11/02/2015 09:20 AM, Merlin Moncure wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 2:20 PM, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> wrote:
>> On Sun, Nov 01, 2015 at 01:06:39PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> writes:
>>>> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 07:30:13PM +0000, Nathan Wagner wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 08:17:25AM +1300, Gavin Flower wrote:
>>>>> What, it's a "fortnight", not a "quinzaine".
>>>>>
>>>>> You have no idea how hard it was to resist updating the patch...
>>>> Well, if you won't do it, I will.
>>> Please tell me this is a joke.
>> Yes, it's a joke.
>>
>>> (FWIW, I don't have a problem with "fortnight", but I draw the line
>>> at units that are not used in English.)
>> It's used in English, but not in this context.
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinzaine
>>
>> As to localization, I think we need to consider carefully whether
>> PostgreSQL is to be a US-only RDBMS with a few concessions to usage
>> elsewhere, or one usable by all the world's peoples
> That baggage comes with the SQL Standard. It's fun to think about a
> functional equivalent of SQL that doesn't attempt to have statements
> be grammatically correct English sentences but due to various human
> pressures that isn't how things worked out. Since I'm daydreaming,
> let's have this hypothetical language implement relational division.
>
> By the way, I fell for the joke. Note, we do implement 'allballs' so
> I'll take a pass.
>

I respectfully submit that there is a case for supporting lovers of Jane
Austen (such as me!) by recognizing "se'nnight", with or without
apostrophe, as a synonym for "week".

cheers

andrew