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Re: Naming days of the week and months of the year????

From:David Peterson <digitalscream@...>
Date:Tuesday, April 24, 2001, 23:48
In a message dated 4/24/01 4:11:55 PM, dawier@YAHOO.COM writes:

<< The use of colors might turn out to take on a religious meaning. In

Christianity, white would be Sunday (the Resurrection), Friday red (the

Crucifiction), Wednesday purple (one of the two days of fasting in the

Eastern Church), Saturday blue (the Jewish Sabbath), Monday green (new

week), la dee da... >>

    I did not know these existed, either!

<<In Islam, Friday might be identified with green, since it's the day of

public assembly and green represents Islam.>>

    And Esperanto! ~:D

-David