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 -------------------------------------------------- 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 > To: [log in to unmask] > 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 > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > 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 >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. >> For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or >> [log in to unmask] >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To >> unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > >> the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt >> or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to >> [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing >> per day of all the posts: send e-mail to >> [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest >> Search the archives of previous posts at: >> http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site >> http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 >> for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at >> [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 >> ----------------------------------------------------- > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or > [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------- > Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To > unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or > (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET > Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the > posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the > archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please > visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for > additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or > 847-615-7100 ext.2815 > ----------------------------------------------------- > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------- > Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to > [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) > To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to > [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest > Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives > Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 > for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or > 847-615-7100 ext.2815 > ----------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. 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