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Re: Why not 13 months? (Was La Systeme Metrique)
Brian P. Mann (bpmann@sojourn.com)
Sat, 14 Oct 95 04:07:24 GMT
In article <CINDY.95Oct13115538@bokfink.nvg.unit.no>,
cindy@nvg.unit.no (Cindy Kandolf) wrote:
>In article <45jjn6$3gg@milo.freenet.vancouver.bc.ca>
>gilbert@opus.freenet.vancouver.bc.ca (Gilbert Aubin) writes:
>> Actually,both versions are in use. In some European languages names of
>> the days are notderived from names of planets,as they are mostly in
>> English (Monday - Moon-day, Sunday obvious, Saturday - Saturn- day etc)
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>Three out of seven doesn't count as "mostly". The other four days of
>the week in English are named after Teutonic gods.
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>-Cindy Kandolf, certified language mechanic, mamma flodnak
> cindy@nvg.unit.no Trondheim, Norway
> We're looking for a little, bewildered girl.
>Bilingual Families Mailing List owner - e-mail for details
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Hold 0n, people- stop- think for a minute- where did the names of the planets
come from?- OK, carry on.
Brian
kb8rsc
"You should be arrested for possession of stupidity with intent to distribute."
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