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Article #2000Re: The Days Of The Week In Latin
From: Craig Cockburn
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 07:24
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 07:24
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In article <1993Jan3.210741.4837@memstvx1.memst.edu>, connolly@memstvx1.memst.edu writes... >In article <memo.831375@cix.compulink.co.uk>, alext@cix.compulink.co.uk (Alex Thomas) writes: >> Did someone explain why 'Wednesday' does not appear in German? >> Isn't it because Wotan was tabooed: compare our English 'touch wood'. > >No doubt. > 'Touch wood' came about because the pagans believed that various types of wood could bring good luck and were associated with gods. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Craig Cockburn (leaving Digital on 4th Jan) New internet address: craig@smo.ac.uk (working now) Voice after 7th Jan: +[44] 31 554 2926 Moving to Edinburgh, yahoo!
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Newsgroups: sci.lang Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!deccrl!news.crl.dec.com!rdg.dec.com!edieng.enet.dec.com!cockburn From: cockburn@edieng.enet.dec.com (Craig Cockburn) Subject: Re: The Days Of The Week In Latin Message-ID: <1993Jan4.082544.13377@rdg.dec.com> Sender: news@rdg.dec.com (Mr News) Organization: Digital Equipment Co. Ltd., Reading, England References: <memo.831375@cix.compulink.co.uk> <1993Jan3.210741.4837@memstvx1.memst.edu> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 07:24:08 GMT Lines: 16