Only eat oysters in months with an 'r'?

Re:Only eat oysters in months with an 'r'? by umanwizard on Saturday November 23, 2019 @10:56AM (#21614707)

In English, Tuesday is named for Tiw and Friday for Frig. Monday for the moon, Sunday for the sun, Wednesday for Woden (more commonly known by his Norse name, Odin), and Thursday for Thunor/Thunder (Norse name: Thor).

When your ancestors met mine, they decided Tiw was the equivalent of Mars, Woden of Mercury, Thunor of Jupiter, and Frig of Venus, and hence the correspondence.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpretatio_graeca#Interpr...

Sadly, English mythology is now much less well known than Roman, so most people aren’t even aware of these etymologies.

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Re:Only eat oysters in months with an 'r'? by kwhitefoot on Sunday November 24, 2019 @07:45AM (#21620077)

> Sadly, English mythology is now much less well known than Roman, so most people aren’t even aware of these etymologies

In my experience most people aren’t even aware of any etymologies. Or even the word itself.

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