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Just have to share...
We have never "studied" days of the week or other calendar stuff, outside
of talking about it when it comes up in our normal activities. I just
told my girls about something that will happen two weeks from today, and
my 5 year old asked, "7 days plus 7 days?"
It's always reassuring to see learning happening without me "teaching"!
Mary Ellen
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<Hi and Lois>
We have never "studied" days of the week or other calendar stuff, outside
of talking about it when it comes up in our normal activities. I just
told my girls about something that will happen two weeks from today, and
my 5 year old asked, "7 days plus 7 days?"
It's always reassuring to see learning happening without me "teaching"!
Mary Ellen
Gain weight... Stay Active... Get Smarter...
New Year's Resolutions are EASY for Babies!
<Hi and Lois>
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You hadn't HEARD that Sunday was named for the Sun? Really...Monday
for the Moon? It's pretty common knowledge. Dunno where I first heard
it. Some time, as a child, I imagine
COMMON KNOWLEDGE?? To whom, may I ask? I've never heard of it either.
Carol
for the Moon? It's pretty common knowledge. Dunno where I first heard
it. Some time, as a child, I imagine
COMMON KNOWLEDGE?? To whom, may I ask? I've never heard of it either.
Carol
Fetteroll
on 11/6/03 10:27 AM, Halo5964@... at Halo5964@... wrote:
in. The purpose of school, after all is to pass on a body of common
knowledge.
Assuming someone wasn't sick that day.
And wasn't daydreaming or "socializing" that moment.
;-)
(Actually I can't remember where I heard about the Norse connection.)
Joyce
> COMMON KNOWLEDGE?? To whom, may I ask? I've never heard of it either.It's common to those whose schools used the textbooks that information was
in. The purpose of school, after all is to pass on a body of common
knowledge.
Assuming someone wasn't sick that day.
And wasn't daydreaming or "socializing" that moment.
;-)
(Actually I can't remember where I heard about the Norse connection.)
Joyce
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> Sunday was named for the Sun? Really...MondayThursday for Thor, Friday for Fryda, Saturday for Saturn, always forget
> for the Moon?
Tuesday and Wednesday.....lol
~Aimee
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Lillian Haas
The Oxford English Dictionary says so, and it's a pretty authoritative
source for the language. Sunday for the sun, Monday for the moon, Tuesday
for some Teutonic deity associated with Mars (which is why it's Mardi in
French), Wednesday for Woden (who was for some reason associated with
Mercury, hence Mercredi), Thursday for Thor, Friday for a Norse goddess
associated with Venus (hence Vendredi), Saturday for Saturn.
I first heard this years ago, but I never looked it up till now.
Lillian
source for the language. Sunday for the sun, Monday for the moon, Tuesday
for some Teutonic deity associated with Mars (which is why it's Mardi in
French), Wednesday for Woden (who was for some reason associated with
Mercury, hence Mercredi), Thursday for Thor, Friday for a Norse goddess
associated with Venus (hence Vendredi), Saturday for Saturn.
I first heard this years ago, but I never looked it up till now.
Lillian
>
> COMMON KNOWLEDGE?? To whom, may I ask? I've never heard of it either.
>
Shyrley
Fetteroll wrote:
another of the Norse crowd.
We've just been reading Norse myths. Boy but those guys knew how to
party. Seem to spend most of their time quaffing beer!
Shyrley
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>on 11/6/03 10:27 AM, Halo5964@... at Halo5964@... wrote:Wodensday? Can't remember Thursday but Friday is named after Freya
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>>COMMON KNOWLEDGE?? To whom, may I ask? I've never heard of it either.
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>
>It's common to those whose schools used the textbooks that information was
>in. The purpose of school, after all is to pass on a body of common
>knowledge.
>
>Assuming someone wasn't sick that day.
>
>And wasn't daydreaming or "socializing" that moment.
>
>;-)
>
>(Actually I can't remember where I heard about the Norse connection.)
>
>Joyce
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>
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another of the Norse crowd.
We've just been reading Norse myths. Boy but those guys knew how to
party. Seem to spend most of their time quaffing beer!
Shyrley
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Fetteroll
on 11/6/03 2:40 PM, AimeeL73@... at AimeeL73@... wrote:
There's a bit here and more at:
http://www.crowl.org/Lawrence/time/days.html
The Greeks named the days week after the sun, the moon and the five known
planets, which were in turn named after the gods Ares, Hermes, Zeus,
Aphrodite, and Cronus. The Greeks called the days of the week the Theon
hemerai "days of the Gods". The Romans substituted their equivalent gods for
the Greek gods, Mars, Mercury, Jove (Jupiter), Venus, and Saturn. (The two
pantheons are very similar.) The Germanic peoples generally substituted
roughly similar gods for the Roman gods, Tiu (Twia), Woden, Thor, Freya
(Fria), but did not substitute Saturn.
Why, I wonder, didn't they change Saturn? Maybe they didn't have a similar
god that played the same role?
Joyce
> Thursday for Thor, Friday for Fryda, Saturday for Saturn, always forgetTiu or Tew (Tyr) (not one of your more popular gods!) and Woden (Odin).
> Tuesday and Wednesday.....lol
There's a bit here and more at:
http://www.crowl.org/Lawrence/time/days.html
The Greeks named the days week after the sun, the moon and the five known
planets, which were in turn named after the gods Ares, Hermes, Zeus,
Aphrodite, and Cronus. The Greeks called the days of the week the Theon
hemerai "days of the Gods". The Romans substituted their equivalent gods for
the Greek gods, Mars, Mercury, Jove (Jupiter), Venus, and Saturn. (The two
pantheons are very similar.) The Germanic peoples generally substituted
roughly similar gods for the Roman gods, Tiu (Twia), Woden, Thor, Freya
(Fria), but did not substitute Saturn.
Why, I wonder, didn't they change Saturn? Maybe they didn't have a similar
god that played the same role?
Joyce
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shyrley@... writes:
present day Asatru ( Norse heathens) tend to like beer just as much!
~Aimee
~Aimee
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> We've just been reading Norse myths. Boy but those guys knew how toWhat else was there to do during those long northern winters? lol Altho
> party. Seem to spend most of their time quaffing beer!
>
> Shyrley
>
present day Asatru ( Norse heathens) tend to like beer just as much!
~Aimee
~Aimee
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Tia Leschke
>And that the info made it from short-term to long-term memory and actually
>It's common to those whose schools used the textbooks that information was
>in. The purpose of school, after all is to pass on a body of common
>knowledge.
>
>Assuming someone wasn't sick that day.
>
>And wasn't daydreaming or "socializing" that moment.
*stuck* after the test.
Tia
Heidi
Thursday is Thor's DAy (Donnerstag in German...Donner
being "thunder"...Thunder being Thor's realm...)
HeidiC
--- In [email protected], Shyrley <shyrley@e...>
wrote:
being "thunder"...Thunder being Thor's realm...)
HeidiC
--- In [email protected], Shyrley <shyrley@e...>
wrote:
>either.
>
> Fetteroll wrote:
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> >on 11/6/03 10:27 AM, Halo5964@a... at Halo5964@a... wrote:
> >
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> >
> >>COMMON KNOWLEDGE?? To whom, may I ask? I've never heard of it
> >>information was
> >>
> >
> >It's common to those whose schools used the textbooks that
> >in. The purpose of school, after all is to pass on a body of commonconnection.)
> >knowledge.
> >
> >Assuming someone wasn't sick that day.
> >
> >And wasn't daydreaming or "socializing" that moment.
> >
> >;-)
> >
> >(Actually I can't remember where I heard about the Norse
> >
> >Joyce
> >
> >
> >
> Wodensday? Can't remember Thursday but Friday is named after Freya
> another of the Norse crowd.
> We've just been reading Norse myths. Boy but those guys knew how to
> party. Seem to spend most of their time quaffing beer!
>
> Shyrley
>
>
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fetteroll@... writes:
<<Tiu or Tew (Tyr) (not one of your more popular gods!) >>
Which is why, I suppose, I can never remember Him!
List of Norse gods, under the heading of : Sataere <<
http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~cherryne/list.html>>
<<Some books list Sataere as a Germanic god of agriculture and suggest that
the name is another name for Loki.
<<Grimm in his Teutonic Mythology reasons that Saturn was originally a
Germanic deity >>
Cool. My money is on the Greeks/Romans borrowing from the Norse.
~Aimee
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<<Tiu or Tew (Tyr) (not one of your more popular gods!) >>
Which is why, I suppose, I can never remember Him!
> Why, I wonder, didn't they change Saturn? Maybe they didn't have a similarI've always wondered the same thing! And here's what I found....
> god that played the same role?
>
> Joyce
>
List of Norse gods, under the heading of : Sataere <<
http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~cherryne/list.html>>
<<Some books list Sataere as a Germanic god of agriculture and suggest that
the name is another name for Loki.
<<Grimm in his Teutonic Mythology reasons that Saturn was originally a
Germanic deity >>
Cool. My money is on the Greeks/Romans borrowing from the Norse.
~Aimee
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In a message dated 11/6/03 2:12:32 PM, AimeeL73@... writes:
<< Tuesday and Wednesday.....lol >>
Tiu (a Germanic God)
Woden/Odin
Sandra
<< Tuesday and Wednesday.....lol >>
Tiu (a Germanic God)
Woden/Odin
Sandra
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In a message dated 11/6/03 2:59:31 PM, fetteroll@... writes:
<< > COMMON KNOWLEDGE?? To whom, may I ask? I've never heard of it either.
<<It's common to those whose schools used the textbooks that information was
in. The purpose of school, after all is to pass on a body of common
knowledge. >>
I didn't learn it in school
I learned it playing with dictionaries and reading for fun about word origins.
I think it's common knowledge to people who think word origins are fun. It's
certainly not SECRET knowledge: there they sit, LOOKING like Sun and Moon.
Sandra
<< > COMMON KNOWLEDGE?? To whom, may I ask? I've never heard of it either.
<<It's common to those whose schools used the textbooks that information was
in. The purpose of school, after all is to pass on a body of common
knowledge. >>
I didn't learn it in school
I learned it playing with dictionaries and reading for fun about word origins.
I think it's common knowledge to people who think word origins are fun. It's
certainly not SECRET knowledge: there they sit, LOOKING like Sun and Moon.
Sandra
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I thought the days of the week were from the planets and stars. . I learned
that from High School French.. The French/English translations are below..
Here is a great website about the origins of the days of the week
http://www.friesian.com/week.htm
Monday lundi - Moon's day
Tuesday mardi - Mars' day
Wednesday mercredi- Mercury's day
Thursday jeudi - Jupiter's day
Friday vendredi- Venus' day
Saturday samedi - Saturn's day
Sunday dimanche - ??? Something
"Lord" or God..??
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that from High School French.. The French/English translations are below..
Here is a great website about the origins of the days of the week
http://www.friesian.com/week.htm
Monday lundi - Moon's day
Tuesday mardi - Mars' day
Wednesday mercredi- Mercury's day
Thursday jeudi - Jupiter's day
Friday vendredi- Venus' day
Saturday samedi - Saturn's day
Sunday dimanche - ??? Something
"Lord" or God..??
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Julie Solich
Sunday was named for the Sun? Really...Monday for the Moon?
Thursday for Thor, Friday for Fryda, Saturday for Saturn, always forget
Tuesday and Wednesday.....lol
~Aimee
Wednesday is Wodin's Day, at least that's what Where In Time is Carmen
Sandiego says. <g>
Julie
Thursday for Thor, Friday for Fryda, Saturday for Saturn, always forget
Tuesday and Wednesday.....lol
~Aimee
Wednesday is Wodin's Day, at least that's what Where In Time is Carmen
Sandiego says. <g>
Julie
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In a message dated 11-6-2003 2:13:16 PM Mountain Standard Time,
AimeeL73@... writes:
Friday for Fryda
Freya, I think her name is. Friday was/is her sacred day, her lucky number
is 13 and her sacred animals were the fish (Catholic connection?!) and pigs.
diana,
The wackiest widow westriver...
"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The
latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to
hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." ~ Albert
Einstein
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AimeeL73@... writes:
Friday for Fryda
Freya, I think her name is. Friday was/is her sacred day, her lucky number
is 13 and her sacred animals were the fish (Catholic connection?!) and pigs.
diana,
The wackiest widow westriver...
"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The
latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to
hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." ~ Albert
Einstein
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In a message dated 11/6/03 10:47:59 PM, TeresaBnNC@... writes:
<< I thought the days of the week were from the planets and stars. . I
learned
that from High School French.. >>
But planets are named for Roman gods.
Sandra
<< I thought the days of the week were from the planets and stars. . I
learned
that from High School French.. >>
But planets are named for Roman gods.
Sandra
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Assuming someone wasn't sick that day.
And wasn't daydreaming or "socializing" that moment.
Well, that explains it. I was CONSTANTLY in trouble at school for
daydreaming, especially in elementary. Those big, beautiful windows that opened right
up to the playground.......and plus, my dreams were better than their reality,
even then.
Carol
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And wasn't daydreaming or "socializing" that moment.
Well, that explains it. I was CONSTANTLY in trouble at school for
daydreaming, especially in elementary. Those big, beautiful windows that opened right
up to the playground.......and plus, my dreams were better than their reality,
even then.
Carol
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In a message dated 11/7/03 4:15:54 AM Eastern Standard Time,
SandraDodd@... writes:
But planets are named for Roman gods.
Sandra
Teresa
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SandraDodd@... writes:
But planets are named for Roman gods.
Sandra
>>>Yeah, I learned that when I read the article that I posted. Very cool.
Teresa
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