>>>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:
>>>
>>>"Except for the Sabbath, Jews simply number their week days.
>>>A related method is partially used in Portuguese and Russian."
>>>
>>>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.
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>Recently I've read conflicting accounts:
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http://www.pantheon.org/miscellaneous/origin_days.html>
http://www.webexhibits.org/calendars/week.html>
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Astronomy/7day.htmlWell they don't argue that the days aren't named after pagan gods. After all, the planet names are Roman gods anyway.
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.
