Poll of the Day > Why call it "Wednesday"

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TheWorstPoster 07/24/19 9:08:25 PM #1:	If you don't marry a Nintendo Entertainment System on that day? <cite>TheWorstPoster posted [p:925142886] in Why call i... [t:77887522]...</cite> <quote>If you don't marry a Nintendo Entertainment System on that day?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SKARDAVNELNATE 07/24/19 9:17:13 PM #2:	It's from the old english, wdnesdg. Meaning Day of Odin somehow. --- No locked doors, no windows barred. No more things to make my brain seem SKARD. Look at Mr. Technical over here >.> -BTB <cite>SKARDAVNELNATE posted [p:925143219] in Why call i... [t:77887522]...</cite> <quote>It's from the old english, wdnesdg. Meaning Day of Odin somehow.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Noop_Noop 07/24/19 9:26:23 PM #3:	SKARDAVNELNATE posted... It's from the old english, wdnesdg. Meaning Day of Odin somehow. wodinsday thorsday freyasday surtursday --- I am your shepherd cloaked in obscenity. Heed these sickening words: I worship only what you bleed. <cite>Noop_Noop posted [p:925143559] in Why call i... [t:77887522]...</cite> <quote>SKARDAVNELNATE posted...</cite> <quote>It's from the old english, wdnesdg. Meaning Day of Odin somehow.</quote> wodinsday thorsday freyasday surtursday</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SKARDAVNELNATE 07/24/19 9:39:16 PM #4:	Noop_Noop posted... wodinsday thorsday freyasday surtursday Imagine Odin sorting through his mail getting increasingly perturbed at how he keeps getting letters addressed to Wuotan. --- No locked doors, no windows barred. No more things to make my brain seem SKARD. Look at Mr. Technical over here >.> -BTB <cite>SKARDAVNELNATE posted [p:925144083] in Why call i... [t:77887522]...</cite> <quote>Noop_Noop posted...</cite> <quote>wodinsday thorsday freyasday surtursday</quote> Imagine Odin sorting through his mail getting increasingly perturbed at how he keeps getting letters addressed to Wuotan.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dmess85 07/24/19 9:46:01 PM #5:	Does this mean Wind magic is stronger today? --- Previewing your message before you post is for suckers. http://www.backloggery.com/blasingame <cite>Dmess85 posted [p:925144356] in Why call i... [t:77887522]...</cite> <quote>Does this mean Wind magic is stronger today?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 07/24/19 9:55:49 PM #6:	Noop_Noop posted... SKARDAVNELNATE posted... It's from the old english, wdnesdg. Meaning Day of Odin somehow. wodinsday thorsday freyasday surtursday You forgot Tyrsday. And Saturday isn't a reference to Surtur, it's a reference to Saturn. Basically, the original days of the week came from the Romans, and every day was more or less named after a god (Sol-day, Luna-day, Mars-day, Mercury-day, Jupiter-day, Venus-day, Saturn-day), which is why in Romance languages like French the names are derived from the Roman versions (Lundi, Mardi, Mercredi, Jeudi, Vendredi, Samedi - the odd one out is "Dimanche" for Sunday, which means "day of the lord"). When the German tribes adapted those days, they changed the name to match their own gods, so Mars became Tyr, Venus became Frigga, etc. They kept Saturn, though, because apparently they didn't have a god in mind similar enough to replace him with. English is mostly derived from Germanic (though it does have a ton of Romance influences from Latin, which came in via Norman French, which is why there are so many analogous words between modern English and modern French), and the days of the week probably found their way into England via the Angles and Saxons. So in English we wound up with the Norse names instead of the Latin ones. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:925144756] in Why call i... [t:77887522]...</cite> <quote>Noop_Noop posted...</cite> <quote>SKARDAVNELNATE posted...</cite> <quote>It's from the old english, wdnesdg. Meaning Day of Odin somehow.</quote> wodinsday thorsday freyasday surtursday</quote> You forgot Tyrsday. And Saturday isn't a reference to Surtur, it's a reference to Saturn. Basically, the original days of the week came from the Romans, and every day was more or less named after a god (Sol-day, Luna-day, Mars-day, Mercury-day, Jupiter-day, Venus-day, Saturn-day), which is why in Romance languages like French the names are derived from the Roman versions (Lundi, Mardi, Mercredi, Jeudi, Vendredi, Samedi - the odd one out is "Dimanche" for Sunday, which means "day of the lord"). When the German tribes adapted those days, they changed the name to match their own gods, so Mars became Tyr, Venus became Frigga, etc. They kept Saturn, though, because apparently they didn't have a god in mind similar enough to replace him with. English is mostly derived from Germanic (though it does have a ton of Romance influences from Latin, which came in via Norman French, which is why there are so many analogous words between modern English and modern French), and the days of the week probably found their way into England via the Angles and Saxons. So in English we wound up with the Norse names instead of the Latin ones. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 07/24/19 9:57:26 PM #7:	Dmess85 posted... Does this mean Wind magic is stronger today? No, it means you have to stab yourself with a spear, hang yourself upside down from a tree, and spend nine days there until you learn the secret of the runes. Or you have to pluck one of your eyes out and drink from a well. Those are the rules! --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:925144827] in Why call i... [t:77887522]...</cite> <quote>Dmess85 posted...</cite> <quote>Does this mean Wind magic is stronger today?</quote> No, it means you have to stab yourself with a spear, hang yourself upside down from a tree, and spend nine days there until you learn the secret of the runes. Or you have to pluck one of your eyes out and drink from a well. Those are the rules! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SKARDAVNELNATE 07/26/19 7:19:32 PM #8:	ParanoidObsessive posted... spend nine days there until you learn the secret of the runes Instructions unclear. Does learning the secret of the runes take exactly 9 days? Should I remain hanging there if I learn the secret of the runes in under 9 days? It will be Wednesday again after 7 days, does this require starting over? --- No locked doors, no windows barred. No more things to make my brain seem SKARD. Look at Mr. Technical over here >.> -BTB <cite>SKARDAVNELNATE posted [p:925229741] in Why call i... [t:77887522]...</cite> <quote>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>spend nine days there until you learn the secret of the runes</quote> Instructions unclear. Does learning the secret of the runes take exactly 9 days? Should I remain hanging there if I learn the secret of the runes in under 9 days? It will be Wednesday again after 7 days, does this require starting over?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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