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  1. Newsgroups: sci.lang
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!deccrl!news.crl.dec.com!rdg.dec.com!edieng.enet.dec.com!cockburn
  3. From: cockburn@edieng.enet.dec.com (Craig Cockburn)
  4. Subject: Re: The Days Of The Week In Latin
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan4.082544.13377@rdg.dec.com>
  6. Sender: news@rdg.dec.com (Mr News)
  7. Organization: Digital Equipment Co. Ltd., Reading, England
  8. References: <memo.831375@cix.compulink.co.uk> <1993Jan3.210741.4837@memstvx1.memst.edu>
  9. Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 07:24:08 GMT
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  13. In article <1993Jan3.210741.4837@memstvx1.memst.edu>, connolly@memstvx1.memst.edu writes...
  14. >In article <memo.831375@cix.compulink.co.uk>, alext@cix.compulink.co.uk (Alex Thomas) writes:
  15. >> Did someone explain why 'Wednesday' does not appear in German?
  16. >> Isn't it because Wotan was tabooed: compare our English 'touch wood'.
  17. > 
  18. >No doubt.
  19. > 
  20. 'Touch wood' came about because the pagans believed that various types
  21. of wood could bring good luck and were associated with gods.
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  24. Craig Cockburn  (leaving Digital on 4th Jan)
  25. New internet address: craig@smo.ac.uk (working now)
  26. Voice after 7th Jan: +[44] 31 554 2926
  27. Moving to Edinburgh, yahoo!
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