Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 months agoWe cater any event!sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1933arrow-down112
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minus-square5714@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoGerman Tuesday (Dienstag) roughly translates as duty-day (Dienst-Tag), probably not etymologically, but still.
minus-squaredogsoahC@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoEtymologically, it derives in some way from the Norse-Germanic war god Tyr (akin to French “mardi”, “day of mars”, ig).
minus-square5714@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoAh yes, the war day. I wonder how many wars started on a Tuesday?
minus-squareVonReposti@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoI know that World War I started on a Tuesday so that’s 50% of all world wars right there.
German Tuesday (Dienstag) roughly translates as duty-day (Dienst-Tag), probably not etymologically, but still.
Etymologically, it derives in some way from the Norse-Germanic war god Tyr (akin to French “mardi”, “day of mars”, ig).
Ah yes, the war day. I wonder how many wars started on a Tuesday?
I know that World War I started on a Tuesday so that’s 50% of all world wars right there.