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Originally posted by Sir_Tainly:
Wolfie, just look at the Days of the week in English, some of them are borrowed from the scandinavians and named after their Norse gods
Wednesday = Wodan
Thursday = Thor
Friday = Freya (sp?)
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Ah, thanks !
I always wondered why some but not all English names were so different from the French ones ! French names for the days of the week smply come from the Solar System planets :
Lundi = Monday = Moon day (Moon = Lune)
Mardi = Tuesday = Mars day
Mercredi = Wednesday = Mercury day
Jeudi = Thursday = Jupiter day
Vendredi = Friday = Venus day
Samedi = Saturday = Saturn day
Dimanche = Sunday = ??? (I don't know for this one ...)
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