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Topic: Who Came Up With the "Name" For Each Day?  (Read 589 times)

mrisha

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Who Came Up With the "Name" For Each Day?
« on: March 07, 2022, 12:40:21 pm »
Where did the name of the days spring up from?  They are really ridiculous.  People are naming them each day and it's Ummmmmmmm"  fill in the previous.  What would be the word to use?
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Re: Who Came Up With the "Name" For Each Day?
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2022, 02:14:16 pm »
I found this on the web. Is this what you meant by your question?

Names of the Days of the Week
In many languages, the names given to the seven days of the week are derived from the names of the classical planets in Hellenistic astronomy, which were in turn named after contemporary deities, a system introduced by the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity. In some other languages, the days are named after corresponding deities of the regional culture, beginning either with Sunday or with Monday. The seven-day week was adopted in early Christianity from the Hebrew calendar, and gradually replaced the Roman nundinal cycle as the new religion spread. Sunday remained the first day of the week, being considered the Lord's Day, while the Jewish sabbath remained the seventh. Emperor Constantine adopted the seven-day week for official use in CE 321, making the Day of the Sun (dies Solis) a legal holiday. In the international standard ISO 8601, Monday is treated as the first day of the week.

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Re: Who Came Up With the "Name" For Each Day?
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2022, 03:54:41 pm »
"Happy why are there so many nonsense days"

This is what is meant.

More recent one was "Happy it is Carrot cake day"

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Re: Who Came Up With the "Name" For Each Day?
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2022, 09:14:44 am »
I guess it gives people something to look forward to.  It is nice to have something to look forward to that is fun and not so much bad news.

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Re: Who Came Up With the "Name" For Each Day?
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2022, 02:20:17 pm »
I think that they are silly, but kinda funny at the same time.  At least it is innocent fun.

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Re: Who Came Up With the "Name" For Each Day?
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2022, 10:38:15 am »
Well a long long time ago...............and people like to be organized...............and humans has a thinker..... the end.

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