Sorry about the OT, but I am curious about what you call the days labelled "Ke" and "Pe" over there.
Here the days are called - and why:
Mandag - Månens dag - Day of the Moon
Tirsdag - Ty's (or Tyr's) dag, krigsguden fra Norrøn mytologi - Day of Ty (or Tyr), which is the god of war in Norse Mythology.
Onsdag - Odin's dag - Day of Odin, again it's a deity from Norse Mythology.
Torsdag - Tor's dag, som er Tor med Hammeren fra Norrøn mytology - Day of Tor (the one with the Hammer) also from Norse Mythology.
Fredag - Frigg's dag, gudinne over Kjærlighet og Skjebne, gift med Odin - Frigg's day, goddess of Love and Destiny, married to Odin
Lørdag/Laurdag - Laugardag som betyr vaskedag. - Comes from Laugardag which literally means "day of washing and cleaning"
Søndag - Soldagen - Day of the Sun.
Cloudy today, ice on the roads.
Here the days are called - and why:
Mandag - Månens dag - Day of the Moon
Tirsdag - Ty's (or Tyr's) dag, krigsguden fra Norrøn mytologi - Day of Ty (or Tyr), which is the god of war in Norse Mythology.
Onsdag - Odin's dag - Day of Odin, again it's a deity from Norse Mythology.
Torsdag - Tor's dag, som er Tor med Hammeren fra Norrøn mytology - Day of Tor (the one with the Hammer) also from Norse Mythology.
Fredag - Frigg's dag, gudinne over Kjærlighet og Skjebne, gift med Odin - Frigg's day, goddess of Love and Destiny, married to Odin
Lørdag/Laurdag - Laugardag som betyr vaskedag. - Comes from Laugardag which literally means "day of washing and cleaning"
Søndag - Soldagen - Day of the Sun.
Cloudy today, ice on the roads.
I long since ceased to be curious about the Finnish language. It just shares no common root with the rest of us (well bar hungarian) 😀
Interesting that for you Kaffi the root of 6 of the days of the week are the same as for English but not saturday (saturns day).
Interesting that for you Kaffi the root of 6 of the days of the week are the same as for English but not saturday (saturns day).
That is quite interesting Bill. I seem to recall there was some sort of exchange program a few years back, could be related somehow?
Yes. Three of my daughters can claim a traced lineage back to Viking stock!
Why we then adopted the day 6 name from the Romans is most strange. Possibly we didn't believe in washing back then 😀
Why we then adopted the day 6 name from the Romans is most strange. Possibly we didn't believe in washing back then 😀
Finno-Ugric languages are very old with lots of unique words. Weekdays are quite young names, with origin to Scandinavian names
Maanantai comes from scandinavian manandagr (moon day)
Tiistai as well, Tyrsdag (god Tyr's day)
Keskiviikko comes from German Mittwoch (middle of the week)
Torstai is Scandinavian Torsdagr as well German Donnerstag (god Tor's or thunder's day)
Perjantai is Scandinavian Frjadagr (god Frigg/Freia's day) but it doesn't sound same.
Lauantai comes from ancient German Laugrstag (bathing day)
Sunnuntai is Scandinavian Sunnudagr (sun's day)
sauna = a sauna
suksi = a ski pl. sukset/skis
reki = a sledge
jalas = a skid of a sled
vene = a boat
koti = the home
aalto = a wave
lumi = snow (snow and snowfall has many names by type of snow or weater)
jää = ice (many names for types of ice as well)
vesi = water
järvi = a lake
lampi = a small lake
etc.
ps. Genelec doesn't mean anything and is not a Finnish word!
Maanantai comes from scandinavian manandagr (moon day)
Tiistai as well, Tyrsdag (god Tyr's day)
Keskiviikko comes from German Mittwoch (middle of the week)
Torstai is Scandinavian Torsdagr as well German Donnerstag (god Tor's or thunder's day)
Perjantai is Scandinavian Frjadagr (god Frigg/Freia's day) but it doesn't sound same.
Lauantai comes from ancient German Laugrstag (bathing day)
Sunnuntai is Scandinavian Sunnudagr (sun's day)
sauna = a sauna
suksi = a ski pl. sukset/skis
reki = a sledge
jalas = a skid of a sled
vene = a boat
koti = the home
aalto = a wave
lumi = snow (snow and snowfall has many names by type of snow or weater)
jää = ice (many names for types of ice as well)
vesi = water
järvi = a lake
lampi = a small lake
etc.
ps. Genelec doesn't mean anything and is not a Finnish word!
Interesting, thank you Juhazi, clearly on the brits don't wash 😀
My Finnish never got further than required for ordering beer and saying 'Kippis' after receiving it 😀
My Finnish never got further than required for ordering beer and saying 'Kippis' after receiving it 😀
The actual origin of the name is not widely known, but it appears to be parts of two English words joined together.
ELEC is assumed to be ELECtronics or ELECtric.
GEN is assumed to be GENius or GENeral.
The Audio Engineering Society says GENELEC is from Genius Electronics.
When I went into a large music store to buy a pair of Studio Monitors in the late 1980's I listened to about 10 pairs of speakers in a small studio environment. I brought several CD-R's full of home recorded dynamic material, especially drums. I was not impressed with the early Genelecs, and many of the others were well beyond my budget. I left with a pair of Yamaha NS-10M Studios for about $300. I still use them today. Since I have listened to them for over 30 years, and they have held up better than my ears, they have become my reference point for judging sound quality.
Thank you for your thoughts. Our climates are not dissimilar except you get your rain at different times than us. November is our wettest and windiest month but no one has ever seen this. Mostly mild winters and warm summers. Being right on the ocean and having the Hawaiian current head this way does a lot to temper the weather.
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Here, Genelec is a company that makes electric generators. By far the most popular brand. Not related to the audio company I am supposing.
3degC last night.
I suspect this weekend I'll be doing the last bits (coping stones) on the pond and getting it filled before it has chance to get below 5degC for the mortar. I suspect I'll be adding additives into the mix.
I agree. Our balcony should not look like this in mid November.
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Egg on my face.
Genelec does in fact make generators but the popular consumer company I am thinking of is Generac.
Genelec does in fact make generators but the popular consumer company I am thinking of is Generac.
Given that it was south Florida in the summer, it was hot and rainy.
I remember that my inlaws were visiting from West Virginia, so that likely put's it in the summer, probably mid July. The odds of heat and rain on an afternoon in July are pretty good.
My off-grid brother is still happily off-grid and considering making a bigger greenhouse for a peach tree, the other one is gaming and working as usual, it was raining over there.
Over here it's dripping from my nose and I will most likely not be able to go to work tomorrow, not the c word could be the f word.
-2c and dropping.
Over here it's dripping from my nose and I will most likely not be able to go to work tomorrow, not the c word could be the f word.
-2c and dropping.
From about 19 today down to -3 tonight. Strong cold front moved through. Crystal clear air, quite refreshing if but a bit chilly. Makes for a lovely view of the near total lunar eclipse. 😉
Yes - just got up and it's 14C... Strange! Handy though as it makes trying to beat the grandkids at the footie easier...
And - still not abandoned shorts either!