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O-nyn, wun-O, O-ate, Wēdnes dæg

Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:06 pm
by Billy's Little Trip
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Wednesday
The name comes from the Middle English Wednes dei, which is from Old English language Wēdnes dæg, meaning the day of the English god Woden (Wodan) who was a god of the Anglo-Saxons in England until about the 7th century. Wēdnes dæg is like the Old Norse Oðinsdagr ("Odin's day"), which is an early translation of the Latin dies Mercurii ("Mercury's day"), and reflects the widespread association of Woden with Mercury going back to Tacitus.

In Romance languages it is derived from the name of the Roman god Mercury: mercredi (French), mercoledì (Italian), miércoles (Spanish), miercuri (Romanian), dimecres (Catalan), dies Mercurii (Latin). Similarly, in most of the Indian Languages the name for Wednesday, Buddhavar is derived from the Vedic name for Mercury, Buddha. Buddh is also used in Urdu. Russian does not use pagan names but instead uses sredá, meaning "middle," similar to the German Mittwoch. Likewise, Portuguese uses the word quarta-feira, meaning "fourth day."
~wikipedia

Question of the end of the day: Make up your own question and answer it, I can't think of one at the moment that doesn't involve sandwiches and BJs.

OH, I almost forgot, the picture is possessed. Don't click it!!

Re: O-nyn, wun-O, O-ate, Wēdnes dæg

Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:38 pm
by HeuristicsInc
What kind of sandwiches can you buy at BJ's?
I don't know, I go to Sam's Club.

Che ora e'? Sono le dodici e trentasette.
-bill

Re: O-nyn, wun-O, O-ate, Wēdnes dæg

Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:56 pm
by Billy's Little Trip
Leave it to Bill to know what I meant. So you don't have a BJ's Brewhouse by you? They rock. And their micro brews are great.

Re: O-nyn, wun-O, O-ate, Wēdnes dæg

Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:42 pm
by fluffy
Hár, jøsuårn pïrsk. Rãtu mej, ken pøtarlaj.

Re: O-nyn, wun-O, O-ate, Wēdnes dæg

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 6:22 am
by jimtyrrell
I wanted to buy a poorboy at Wal-Mart this morning but they didn't have any made up.

That might be the weirdest thing I've ever said.

Re: O-nyn, wun-O, O-ate, Wēdnes dæg

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 6:40 am
by HeuristicsInc
Billy's Little Trip wrote:Leave it to Bill to know what I meant. So you don't have a BJ's Brewhouse by you? They rock. And their micro brews are great.
Evidently not, I'd have to go all the way to Ohio!
I'd go to Ohio for SongFight Live, but not for a sandwich.
-bill