Re: Why not 13 months? (Was La Systeme Metrique)

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In article <45nd41$crg@tkhut.sojourn.com> bpmann@sojourn.com (Brian
P. Mann) writes:
> 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)
> >
> >Three out of seven doesn't count as "mostly". The other four days of
> >the week in English are named after Teutonic gods.
^^^^^^^^
> >
> Hold 0n, people- stop- think for a minute- where did the names of the planets
> come from?- OK, carry on.

Erm, from the ROMAN gods. RO-MAN. Note the difference. In Teutonic
mythology the gods were not associated with planets.

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