>>>>>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
>
>Over here we call Wednesday, "hump day" and Thursday is "Friday Jr."

Friday here is also known as Poets day (P!ss off early, tomorrow's Saturday)