A couple of topics for fun this bank holiday weekend

The Scandinavians and most likely the Anglo-Saxons too, name the days of the week after thier gods, we still use these names, except for Saturday, which seem the only one to be named after a Roman god, Saturn, the Scandinavians etc called it bathnight! So at what point did it change back to a Roman name and was bathing more repugnant to the conversion period church than that of a Pagan god?

Do you understand poetry? I only seem to when I have a context, I've just encountered Margaret Attwood's poem Sekhmet, in parts as quoted by a character in another book I've just finished, as ithe circumstances of the quote had a context I understood it and loved it, do you "get" poetry or is it a jumble of unconnected to words to you too?

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  • Not really thought about it, it is interesting how Saturday is a bit out step, although Sunday and Monday are a bit different too. As Lotus posts, Tuesday to Thursday are named after Norse/Germanic Gods...whereas Monday, Sunday & Saturday are more planet orientated? The roman days of the week were all planet/roman god names.

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  • Not really thought about it, it is interesting how Saturday is a bit out step, although Sunday and Monday are a bit different too. As Lotus posts, Tuesday to Thursday are named after Norse/Germanic Gods...whereas Monday, Sunday & Saturday are more planet orientated? The roman days of the week were all planet/roman god names.

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