Thursday = Thor's day

Re:Thursday = Thor's day by xelipe on Friday May 07, 2010 @04:10PM (#1328582)

You beat me to it... I was going to mention that in Spanish, the weekdays are named after Roman gods from Latin. If you find this amazing, then you will be surprised that the month of July is named after Julius Caesar. But what I find truly amazing is that Caesar Salad is named after a guy from Tijuana!!!

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Re:Thursday = Thor's day by infinite8s on Friday May 07, 2010 @04:15PM (#1328599)

And August for Emperor Augustus, January for the roman god Janus (who was actually Zeus), etc

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Re:Thursday = Thor's day by mtoledo on Friday May 07, 2010 @04:25PM (#1328631)

There's a legend that emperor Augustus wanted his month to have 31 days as well, just like Julius, and that's why we have 31 days on both months.

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Re:Thursday = Thor's day by stavrianos on Friday May 07, 2010 @04:38PM (#1328688)

actually, Jupiter is Zeus. I don't think Janus has a counterpart.

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Re:Thursday = Thor's day by huherto on Friday May 07, 2010 @04:34PM (#1328679)

ah yeah, the names of the months. September - Siete, October - Ocho, November - Nueve, December - Diez. They would match if it weren't for July and August.

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