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Maybe,
the portuguese are more logical and modern, see the days of the week:

secunda feira
tercera feira
quarta feira
quinta feira
sexta feira
sabado
domingo

Inge

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From: "Genny Gibbard" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: den 23 April 2010 15:05
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [TN] NTC - Friday Element Quiz - The Answers

> Maybe we should go metric...?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Inge
> Sent: April 23, 2010 3:44 PM
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> Subject: Re: [TN] NTC - Friday Element Quiz - The Answers
>
> Speaking Greece and Rome,  it's remarkable what  a heritage mess we are
> living with/in.  Hence we have:
> Monday : Moon's day
> Tuesday: keltic  god Tiw
> Wednesday: anglosaxian god Wodan
> Thursday: nordic god Thor
> Friday:  nordig got Frey
> Saturday: Saturnus day, roman
> Sunday: keltic, nordic, a universal mix
>
> January: roman god Janus
> February: febreeum or day of purification
> Mars: roman war god with same name
> April: roman aperire or open (spring)
> May: roman Maia, fertility goddess
> June: roman Juno, Jupiter's wife
> July: of course after emperor Julius
> August: ditto Augustus
> September: seventh month in roman calender
> October: eighth month   ditto
> November: ninth month ditto
> December: tenth  ditto
>
> Autumn: roman autumnum, time for harvesting
> Winter: welsh goddess Gwyn
> Summer: indogermanic zomer
> Spring: probably latin spira,  a warm wind
>
> Why on earth do we have all these spoky things Year 2010?
> Well, who can come with plausible substitutes?
>
> Inge
>
>
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> From: "David D. Hillman" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: den 23 April 2010 12:53
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [TN] NTC - Friday Element Quiz - The Answers
>
>> Hi folks! Ok, here is the Friday element quiz answers:
>>
>> The Question:
>>        I am a ductile BCC metal and one of the few BCC metals that
>> has no ductile-to-brittle transition. My elemental name is part of
>> Greek mythology.
>>
>> The Answer: Ta - tantalum
>>
>> Bonus Points:
>>        Name this metal's greatest attribute and its melting
>> temperature rank with respect to all of the metals.
>>
>> The bonus points answers: Greatest attribute is the tenaciousness of
>> its oxide and Ta has the 4th highest melting point
>>
>>
>> The winner is Joe Kane!
>>
>> And the really odd thing is that Guy Ramsey is awarded the "almost"
>> winner prize. Tantalum was named after Tantalus, the son of Zeus,
>> because the difficult efforts to get pure Ta separated from Niobium
>> (Nb) reminded them of the punishment inflicted on Tantalus by the
>> Greek gods for abusing his guest privileges at the Greek Gods parties.
>
>> The daughter of Tantalus was Niobe - thus the source of the name for
>> the element Niobium (which is what Guy submitted).
>>
>> Joe - you get Doug's desk but I haven't a clue how you will be able to
>
>> claim it.
>>
>> Everone have a fun and safe weekend
>>
>> Dave
>>
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