>>Because I am a relentless pursuer of useless information...
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http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2488>>
>>But, I found this excerpt interesting:
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>>"Except for the Sabbath, Jews simply number their week days.
>>A related method is partially used in Portuguese and Russian."
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>>I never knew that. They have no names for days other than Sunday?
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>Well our days are simply named after Saxon and pagan gods, each with the suffix "day". NY et al name their avenues with numbers. No big surprise then.
Recently I've read conflicting accounts:
http://www.pantheon.org/miscellaneous/origin_days.htmlhttp://www.webexhibits.org/calendars/week.htmlhttp://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Astronomy/7day.html
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