>>>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.
>
>Looks like I was the only one to think it odd then. Thanks.

The German day names are a bit weird - they're similar to English, except Wednesday is "Mittwoch" - mid-week