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To: Cronos
Sunday is the sun's day.
Monday is the moon's day.
Tuesday is some Norse god's day.
Wednesday is Wodin's day.
Thursday is Thor's day, Thor for godsakes!
Friday is Frigg's day for frig's sake.
Saturday is Saturn's day. Saturn!

Oh my God! I'm afraid to open my appointment book!

47 posted on 09/17/2012 8:11:51 AM PDT by Oratam
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To: Oratam
Go forth and pillage a village !
Celebrate your Norse and Anglo-Saxon cultural roots!
48 posted on 09/17/2012 8:13:57 AM PDT by Reily (l)
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To: Oratam; Publius Maximus
Oratam -- "Tuesday is some Norse god's day." -- ha, ha! good one!

Incidently it seems to be mainly in English and German that these links to the ancient gods in all the names of the days exist.

In polish it translates as sunday=niedziela (no working), monday = poniedziałek (after sunday), tuesday = on track, wed = middle, thu = fourth day, fri = fifth day, sat = sobota (sabbath)

and in French and Italian some of the days have this, others don't.

57 posted on 09/18/2012 12:20:55 AM PDT by Cronos (**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**)
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To: Oratam

62 posted on 09/18/2012 12:52:52 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's simple, fight or die!)
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