tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post4205116199542919879..comments2024-03-29T05:33:43.878-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: From Diana to Venus – how the days of the week got their namesOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-89776169526003642162015-04-06T04:28:00.169-04:002015-04-06T04:28:00.169-04:00It's why I keep going back :)It's why I keep going back :)Zoë Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065427744062846167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-14681602322544161532015-04-05T19:14:58.421-04:002015-04-05T19:14:58.421-04:00And the Greeks about you!And the Greeks about you!Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-45085450343486818872015-04-05T18:40:10.131-04:002015-04-05T18:40:10.131-04:00Clearly the Greeks do not adhere to International ...Clearly the Greeks do not adhere to International Standard ISO 8601, Jeff.<br /><br />And I LIKE that about them :)Zoë Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065427744062846167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-403674951160610402015-04-05T18:38:19.859-04:002015-04-05T18:38:19.859-04:00You see, to me a hack is either a kind of fine-bon...You see, to me a hack is either a kind of fine-boned thoroughbred-type show horse, or to go for a quiet ride in the countryside.<br /><br />Or, of course, to chop at something viciously, preferably with an axe ...Zoë Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065427744062846167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-87492211826752077352015-04-05T11:27:54.281-04:002015-04-05T11:27:54.281-04:00Very interesting, you made me think. The Greeks in...Very interesting, you made me think. The Greeks in their modern names for days of the week obviously abandoned earlier references to the gods, but still count Sunday (Kiriake)--"The Lord's Day"--as the first day of the week. I say that because Monday (Deftera) means "second," Tuesday (Triti) means "third," Wednesday (Tetarte) means "fourth," Thursday (Pempte) means "fifth," Friday (Pareskavi) means "preparation"--as in for the sabbath--and Saturday (Savato) means "sabbath."<br /><br />But no matter what you call this day, HAPPY EASTER.Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-90465442650833131242015-04-05T11:03:37.855-04:002015-04-05T11:03:37.855-04:00For a writer to be called a hack has long been bad...For a writer to be called a hack has long been bad, but for 4-5 years (at least) in the early 1980s, for a computer programmer to be called a hacker was a badge of honor, it meant you had real chops. Then along came the people breaking into computer systems, creating worms and viruses and trojan horses, and the term was usurped to describe them.<br /><br />I'm still pissed off about that one, as I always considered myself to be a hacker... :-) Alas, time and technology have largely passed me by. Perhaps someday I'll be a hack.Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-73529422078992208142015-04-05T06:50:01.392-04:002015-04-05T06:50:01.392-04:00Amazing how language usage has changed over the ye...Amazing how language usage has changed over the years, isn't it ...? I remember when I lived on a boat years ago, one of the neighbouring boats was a beautiful old wooden-hulled yacht built in the '20s or '30s. It was called 'Gay Goose'. The owners would have loved to have changed the name, but it was considered unlucky to do so ... Zoë Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065427744062846167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-91632643418312010002015-04-05T01:23:05.832-04:002015-04-05T01:23:05.832-04:00Mondays child is fair of face,
Tuesdays child is f...Mondays child is fair of face,<br />Tuesdays child is full of grace,<br />Wednesdays child is full of woe,<br />Thursdays child has far to go,<br />Fridays child is loving and giving,<br />Saturdays child works hard for his living,<br />And the child that is born on the Sabbath day<br />Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay.<br /><br />I always was a hard worker...<br /><br />And given today's political climate (in the US), I'm not sure about that Sabbath-born child. Maybe this could be used as an argument against those who think gay-marriage is forbidden by the bible????Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.com