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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Maundy aka Sheer (?) Thursday #158501 04/18/2006 11:54 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Some background: there was in the middle ages a Portuguese pope (I suppose I could look him up) who decided the names of the weekdays were pagan (which they are). So he replaced Mon-Fri with segunda-feira, terça-feira, quarta-feira, quinta-feira, sexta-feira. The names are used today in Portugal and Brazil, and probably in the other colonies, too.That said, both the Thursday and the Friday of Holy Week are santa. And Easter, yes, is Páscoa. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted A seasonal enquiry Bingley 04/13/2006 4:27 AM Re: A seasonal enquiry Father Steve 04/13/2006 5:31 AM Re: A seasonal enquiry Faldage 04/13/2006 8:48 AM Re: A seasonal enquiry inselpeter 04/13/2006 10:31 AM Re: A seasonal enquiry Alex Williams 04/13/2006 10:48 AM Re: A seasonal enquiry AnnaStrophic 04/13/2006 10:55 AM Re: A seasonal enquiry maverick 04/13/2006 12:01 PM Re: A seasonal enquiry Myridon 04/13/2006 2:49 PM Re: A seasonal enquiry Father Steve 04/13/2006 2:52 PM Re: A seasonal enquiry Myridon 04/17/2006 2:39 PM Re: A seasonal enquiry Jomama 04/14/2006 2:59 AM Re: A seasonal enquiry Bingley 04/17/2006 5:42 AM Re: A seasonal enquiry Buffalo Shrdlu 04/17/2006 2:44 PM Re: Maundy aka Sheer (?) Thursday AnnaStrophic 04/18/2006 11:54 AM Re: Maundy aka Sheer (?) Thursday Bingley 04/19/2006 1:23 AM Minggu is also the word for week TEd Remington 04/19/2006 11:45 AM Re: Minggu is also the word for week Faldage 04/20/2006 12:46 AM Re: Minggu is also the word for week sjmaxq 04/20/2006 12:49 AM Re: Minggu is also the word for week Faldage 04/20/2006 12:50 AM Re: Minggu is also the word for week sjmaxq 04/20/2006 12:55 AM Re: Minggu is also the word for week Faldage 04/20/2006 12:57 AM Re: Minggu is also the word for week zmjezhd 04/20/2006 3:29 AM Re: Minggu is also the word for week Jackie 04/20/2006 1:00 AM Re: Minggu is also the word for week sjmaxq 04/20/2006 1:07 AM Re: Minggu is also the word for week sjmaxq 04/20/2006 1:10 AM Re: Minggu is also the word for week Jackie 04/20/2006 1:18 AM Re: Minggu is also the word for week sjmaxq 04/20/2006 1:30 AM Re: Minggu is also the word for week Jackie 04/20/2006 1:41 AM Re: Minggu is also the word for week sjmaxq 04/20/2006 1:45 AM Re: Minggu is also the word for week inselpeter 04/20/2006 3:54 AM Re: Minggu is also the word for week Bingley 04/20/2006 8:33 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,373 Members9,209 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 14 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,202 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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