As for Wednesday, I hope this link helps you!
Huh. Interesting...
Yeah, I found out about the
days of the week when I read Angie Sages
Septimus Heap books. I was never aware of the fact that Norse/Germanic mythology had such an effect on the naming of the days, and that religion, in general, had determined them.
Sunday - Sun Day - The Sun is one of the most ancient religious symbols on the planet. This is the day to pray to it.
Monday - Moon Day - Next to the sun, the other major deity of man.
Tuesday - Tyrs Day - For the god Tyr, a one-handed god associated with single combat and pledges.
Wednesday - Wodans Day - For the god Wodan also known as Odin, and is associated with wisdom, war, battle and death, and also magic, poetry, prophecy, victory, and the hunt. You have heard of him probably.
Thursday - Thors Day - For the god Thor. The most likely reason you are familiar with Odin.
The last Iron Man movie implies we will be seeing some of him pretty soon in the movies.
Friday - Freya Day - For the goddess Freya, a goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, gold, seiðr, war, and death.
Saturday - Saturn Day - I remember reading somewhere that this was originally the day for the god Loki, but that he fell in disfavor and it was given instead to the Roman god Saturn, god of dance, agriculture, justice and strength.
Along a similar vein. Who knows the origin of the common word, goodbye? Would you be surprised to find out that it was originally "God be with ye"? I suppose that means it should always be capitalized. Oops.
Some more rules for you to add to the list:
since - I added this
since people seem to get these wrong all of the time.
scents - I just love all of the different
scents of flowers, don't you?
cents - I just thought I would put in my two
cents.
sense - You would all get this right, if you had any
sense.
write - Something you do with a pen or pencil. Not to be confused with typing.
OK, so you can write using a computer, but I still think texting is a better word for using a phone to send messages.
rite - Usually used in a religious context. A religious rite or a rite of passage.
wright - A worker or maker. A wheelwright, shipwright, playwright.
right -This is used for everything else. Most commonly used as the opposite of left or wrong, also something you posses as a free individual; "I have the right, to do it right."
yea - Another way of saying yes, opposite of nay. A gleeful shout or expression of excitement, often misspelled as yay.
yeah - An expression of agreement; "Yeah, I get it wrong all the time too."
Here is something useful.
