>>>>>>Because I am a relentless pursuer of useless information...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>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?
>>>>>
>>>>>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.html
>>>>http://www.webexhibits.org/calendars/week.html
>>>>http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Astronomy/7day.html
>>>
>>>Well they don't argue that the days aren't named after pagan gods. After all, the planet names are Roman gods anyway.
>>
>>Was there really a god named Uranus? Maybe the Romans had more of a sense of humor than I've been giving them credit for.
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>Ouranos , God of the Heavens or Stars or something like that. I just finished a book on Rome - it was a good read. Or maybe he was a dog or something? I read too many books and get them all confused now :o)
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>Here it is:
>
>http://www.amazon.com/Roma-Novel-Ancient-Rome-Novels/dp/0312377622/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219944907&sr=1-1
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>Recommend it. It's funny, but of the last 4 or 5 books I've read, every one had Roman history in it. Sure didn't select the books based on that...

If you saw the backlog I already have you wouldn't dare recommend books to me. I doubt I will ever read all of them.