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I know we've got a link to it but I think we should include how Wednesday got its name to match other days --BozMo|talk 15:37, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Does anybody know what "Wednesday's World" mean and how is it used? TQ.

[edit] Angel Heart - Wednesday Connection

The film "Angel Heart" starring Robert DiNero and Mickey Rourke includes a reference to Wednesday being "Anything Can Happen Day". Within the film this is claimed to be a reference to the Mickey Mouse Club.

[edit] Woden equivalent to Mercury ?

I had thought Woden, who is equivalent to Odin (Norse), was the equivalent of Zeus/Jupiter ?? Mercury was the messenger God, and his germanic/norse equivalent would most likely be Loki ?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.164.30.61 (talk • contribs)

It is all pretty much related, most of the gods have equivalencies in different cultures such as the case of Mercury/Hermes/.....—Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.64.140.220 (talk • contribs)
Actually, Woden/Odin was commonly identified with Mercury both by the Romans and by the Germanic peoples themselves. The god associated with Jupiter was Thor (probably because of their common connection to thunderstorms). Incidentally, the Germanic god Tyr/Tiwaz is thought to share a common origin with Zeus and Jupiter, but in the Norse pantheon his importance had been reduced, and he was seen as an analogue of Mars. These examples of interpretetatio romana/germanica are preserved in the names of Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (the days of Mars, Mercury and Jupiter under the Roman system).
Why Odin was linked with Mercury is hard to say, but his frequent depiction as a wanderer, his association with the dead, his treachery and his status as keeper of secret knowledge (cf. hermeticism) may have played into it. -Snarkibartfast (talk) 03:12, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] OE Spelling

I've corrected the Old English spelling to "Wodnesdæg" from the former (incorrect) Wodenesdæg*. Wodenesdæg* is unattested, as far as I can tell (by a search of the DOE project corpus - www.doe.utoronto.ca/ ). Wodnesdæg on the other hand is well attested. Final unstressed syllables (as 'en' in 'Woden') are generally contracted and the vowel deleted with the addition of the genetive '-es' (as 'Wodnes' in 'Wodenesdæg') in OE. --Yst 06:19, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Third Day

I vote that this day, 'Wednesday' should be renamed 'Third Day' (Monday - First Day, etc.) due to its religious background. This day was named after the German god, Woden, therefore implies that those using the term 'Wednesday' worship the god Woden.......Now, of course, I was joking. But it's scary because there are idiots in this world that want BC and AD replaced with "CE" and "BCE" because apparently "saying AD after or before a year implies that you worship Jesus Christ". Does that really sound legible after first reading what I wrote? Remember... "those using the term 'Wednesday' worship the god Woden". Of course, you thought that was B.S. so why should anyone support the renaming of historical terms with Christian influences over historical terms with German religion influences???. That's my beef. PatrickA 04:49, 4 January 2006 (UTC).

But 'Wednesday' is language-specific; many languages use many derivatives of the original root. BC/AD, however, is solely based upon Christianity. And, I'm sure to the frustration of modern-day missionaries, Christianity is not a wholly ubiquitous phenomenon. Hence, the 'Common Era' usage ensures that people who may not know much about Jesus because of either their geographic location or religious upbringing are on equal ground with those who worship him. I would wager that very few people actually believe BC/AD is implying a worship of Christ, and that it's mainly a fabrication of the world media just because it can be seen to be either stupid and/or scandalous. Plus there's also the minor fact that many religions hold a belief in the coming of the Christ, and 'BC' is solely based around Jesus, so it kind of isn't fair (though I wouldn't take that seriously myself), and does have the potention to confuse if anyone sat down and actually thought about the meaning of it all. Names of days, however are present in different forms in every language; none of these issues arise. Talkingpie 21:15, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, what Talkingpie said. Also BC is inaccurate since most estimates indicated Jesus (Christ) was born around 4 years Before Christ. What's up with that???

Simply, the Gregorian Calendar, named for Pope Gregory, is a Roman Catholic fabrication and is flawed in its calcualtion, being off by four to six years. There is no doubt the Roman Catholic religious organization was out to rule the world and force its religion on all of mankind and therefore concocted their calendar to "force" their religion into every facet of daily life. Many modern Jews refer to C.E (Common Era) and B.C.E. (Before the Common Era) so as not to acknowledge Jesus as a pivot point in time. The Jewish calendar will begin the year 5768 as of 13/14 September 2007.Greenbomb101 13:28, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Keskiviikko is literally "mid-week"

The Finnish word for Wednesday, "keskiviikko", literally means "mid-week", not "center of the week" as is claimed in the text.

"Center of the week" would be something like "viikonkeski" or "viikonkeskus".

Obviously, I'm splitting hairs here, but I thought I'd point it out anyway.

[edit] Wednesday afternoon

In Holland and Belgium, children get off from school on wednesday afternoons, usually to play a sport. I only recently found out this might not be the case in every country. Could people please say whether this is also the custom in their country or not.

[edit] More Wednesday Afternoon

It was frequently a custom in 19th and 20th century USA that Wednesday was both a half day for businesses, and a half day for school (at least in the earlier part of this period of time.) I am looking for and would like to add the reason businesses dismissed workers on Wednesday afternoons.

This custom went away with the advent of large retailers, which frequently stay open until late hours (9 or 10 pm) or even 24 hours per day.

--PatPM 03:38, 27 March 2007 (UTC) PatPM

Universities in Scotland tend to get Wednesday afternoon off for sports. --128.2.225.42 19:26, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

It was also true of shops in London (and I assume throughout much of the UK) for businesses to close early on a Wednesday. I'm not going to edit the article to that effect, but perhaps if this thread of the discussion is added to it may become a body of information worth including in the article. --bodnotbod 02:10, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "According to the Hebrew bible"

I contest the use of the word Wednesday in the frase "...According to the Hebrew Bible, Wednesday is the day when the Sun and Moon were created..." This formulation presumes that the writers of the hebrew bible called a day of the week "Wednesday", and that is definitely not the case. Also it is frased God created the sun and moon on the fourth day of the week. This should be the wording, but lets not come into that on this page, since Sunday is not always known as the day of rest. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 130.225.235.145 (talk) 17:32, 17 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Miðvikudagur

I fixed the reference to the Icelandic Miðvikudagur, as it used it in the wrong grammar case, using genitive instead of nominative as it should be when referenced in other languages. --Stalfur 13:19, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Revamped Monday thru Thursday

I sincerely hope I haven't treaded on anyone's toes by restructuring these pages, but there really wasn't any consistency among them, and some pages looked awful messy. Of course feel free to revert or edit what I've changed. Unfortunately I never haver had time to do Friday to Sunday. Annatto (talk) 19:16, 26 April 2008 (UTC)