[geeks] RE : Re: Now for something completely geek

Bertrand Hutin bhutin at yahoo.fr
Fri Aug 25 07:58:12 CDT 2006


--- der Mouse <mouse at Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA> a icrit :

> >>> ten day weeks.
> >> *I*'d like them well enough, but I doubt either Christians or Jews
> >> would [and maybe Moslems]
> > ironic, since in europe at least the names for all the weekdays are
> > pagan...
> 
> North America too, at least in English.  (Moon-day, Tiw's-day,
> Woden's-day, Thor's-day, Frey's-day Saturn-day, Sun-day.)  French I'm
> much less sure of the origins of (lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi,
> vendredi, samedi, dimanche - I can see lune-day (=Moon-day) in lundi,
> but the rest are obscure to me). 
Mardi is Mars day, Mercredi Mercure (Mercury), Jeudi Jupiter, Vendredi
Venus, Samedi Saturne, Dimanche is for Dieu (God) worshiping.



	
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