Posts Tagged ‘Saturday’

Doric have a very Roman Saturnus!

Saturday, October 10th, 2009

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Saturday (pronounced /ˈsætərdeɪ/ in the United States or /ˈsætədɪ/ (Speaker Icon.svg listen) in England ) is the day of the week between Friday and Sunday. Saturday is considered either the sixth or seventh day of the week.

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It was named no later than the second century for the planet (Saturn), which controlled the first hour of that

day according to Vettius Valens. The planet was named for the Roman god of agriculture Saturn. It has been called dies Saturni (”Saturn’s Day”), through which form it entered into Old English as Sæternesdæg and

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gradually evolved into the word “Saturday”.

Saturday is the only day of the week in which the English name comes from Roman mythology. The English names of all of the other days of the week come from Germanic polytheism. In India, Saturday is Shanivar, based on Shani, the Vedic God manifested in the planet Saturn. In the Thai solar calendar of Thailand, the day is named from the Pali word for Saturn, and the color associated with Saturday is purple. TheCeltic languages also name this day for Saturn: Irish an Satharn or dia SathuirnScottish Gaelic DisathairneWelsh dydd SadwrnBretonSadorn or disadorn.

Happy Saturday! “Tangentially” yours…

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

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L’Shanah Tova (for a good year)! Happy Saturday and Happy New Year!

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

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Serendipitous Saturdays… keep your eyes wide open!

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

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You never know what can happen!

A Saturday of transitions.

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

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