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[frostbite]

Norse mythology, eh? The days of the week were named after the Norse gods.

Wednesday - Wodin
Thursday - Thor
Friday - Frey

I know one of them was named after Loki, but that doesn't seem to make any sense to me.

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Weekly Frostbite Quote #4:

Mom: I hear we’re going to war with Iraq.
Frostbite: So what? Iraq’s like a mile across. I could run across Iraq in ten minutes!
Sister: No Danny, that’s Iran!
[Both laugh]
Frostbite: Oh, I gotta write that down!
Sister: Yeah!
Frostbite: I ran across Iraq!
[Both laugh]

[Chupperson Weird]

First, I had some really long dumb thing about all the days on here... so I changed it.
The days assigned by the Romans to the Sun, Moon and Saturn were retained for the corresponding days of the week in English (i.e. Sunday, Monday and Saturday respectively).

The other weekday names in English are derived from Anglo-Saxon words for Norse gods. Tuesday comes from Tiv, or Tiw, the anglo-saxon name for Tyr, the Norse god of war (equivalent of the Germanic Mars or Ares).
Tyr was one of the sons of Odin, after whom Wednesday (Woden's-day) was named. Thursday originates from Thor's-day, named for Thor. Friday was derived from Frigg's-day. Frigg (also called Friia), the wife of Odin, represents love and beauty in Norse mythology... blah blah blah.

Dexter, boy genius...Dexter, the cookie

Edited by - Chupperson Weird on 10/9/2002 11:10:14 PM

[frostbite]

Well, I got two of them right.

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Weekly Frostbite Quote #4:

Mom: I hear we’re going to war with Iraq.
Frostbite: So what? Iraq’s like a mile across. I could run across Iraq in ten minutes!
Sister: No Danny, that’s Iran!
[Both laugh]
Frostbite: Oh, I gotta write that down!
Sister: Yeah!
Frostbite: I ran across Iraq!
[Both laugh]

[Chupperson Weird]

Yes, you did.

Dexter, boy genius...Dexter, the cookie