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

I like it. I'm going to start a new acronym over here.