January 14, 2009
Because Everyone Is Wondering.
So I woke up this morning with a sore head and a dead horse in my bed, which clearly meant it was Wednesday. I knew this because – sorry? What was that? Oh, no – I had the sore head, there wasn’t a sore head in the bed WITH me, there was a dead horse in the bed.
If you stop interrupting me, maybe I can explain. Christ.
Where was I? Oh yes, so naturally, this got me thinking – what is the origin of Wednesday, and why do we call it that?
Feeling my investigative juices running down my leg, I of course headed over to the gym at Wembley Square, to do some internet surfing at the lounge, whilst watching the brunette milf with the cute mole doing her stepping routine on that machine that makes your ass hard. Which I should actually do more of myself. Use that machine that makes your ass hard, not star at the brunette milf. Gosh, but I AM being rather ambiguous this morning!
Anyhoo, I digress, what was I talking about? Oh yes, the origins of Wednesday – this is what I found out:
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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” (literally it means “fourth fair”, that comes from the latin “feria quarta” – “feria” original meaning is “celebration” – it was so the fourth day of celebration of the week, because all days were days of celebrating God (the name was created by Pope Silvester I, Christian leader between 314-335AD). While in Greek the word is Tetarti(Τετάρτη) meaning simply “Fourth.” [via] |
Well there you go. A bit wordy, but it should have explained everything. In case you were too lazy to read this, Wednesday derives from the Nordic God called Odin (Wodin), whilst in Greek it means “Fourth”. I don’t know what being 4th has to do with Wednesday, but ja, there you go.
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and what of this dead horse in yer bed????
@SwissTwist,
The dead horse we will have to leave for another day. It’s quite a story, let me tell you.
tell us more about this milf then
And add picures – as they say, this thread is worthless without pictures!
My brain hurts…
Because the calendar week starts with Sunday, Wednesday is the 4th day of the week.