Its origin lies in Old English's Germanic languages, where it emanated from the word "Wōdnesdæg." Throughout Old English and Middle English, it remained an homage to the Anglo-Saxon god Wōden and the Germanic god Wodan.
So where did this d come from? And why don't we pronounce it? As it turns out, Wednesday actually has Germanic linguistic origins. It is derived from the Old English word, Wōdnesdæg, which honors the Germanic god Wodan.
Keep it simple. Pronounce "Wednesday" as a combination of the two single-syllable words "when's + day." That 'd' comes from when the day was known as "Woden's Day" back in the days of old English.
The correct pronunciation of the word "Wednesday" is "wens-day". The emphasis is on the first syllable.
It's a common mistake to add an apostrophe when making a day of the week plural. Incorrect example: Wednesday's. Correct example: Wednesdays.
There is a silent "d" in the word "Wednesday" .
Tysdagr - Tuesday
Mars is a god of war, and so is the Nordic god 'Tyr' or 'Tír'. It is Týr who has given his name to Tuesday. In Norse mythology, Týr is one of the Aesir. He is primarily known as the god of justice and war, but is also described as wise and brave.
Traditional IPA: ˈwenzdeɪ 2 syllables: "WENZ" + "day"
Break 'Wednesday' down into sounds: [WENZ] + [DAY] - say it out loud and exaggerate the sounds until you can consistently produce them.
The loss of the first "r" in the pronunciation of February is (in part) the result of a process called dissimilation (or haplology), where one of two similar sounds in a word is sometimes changed or dropped to avoid the repetition of that sound. (A similar process sometimes occurs with the pronunciation of library.)
The r in February has been dropped so that it is almost always pronounced Febuary–without the r. Perhaps this is because placing the r sound in the word makes it slightly more difficult to pronounce, and since laziness tends to get the upper hand when we speak, Febuary has become the common pronunciation.
Below is the UK transcription for 'monday': Modern IPA: mə́ndɛj. Traditional IPA: ˈmʌndeɪ 2 syllables: "MUN" + "day"
“Colonel” came to English from the mid-16th-century French word coronelle, meaning commander of a regiment, or column, of soldiers. By the mid-17th century, the spelling and French pronunciation had changed to colonnel. The English spelling also changed, and the pronunciation was shortened to two syllables.
Silent H. H is always silent in HONOUR, HOUR, HONEST, HEIR, VEHICLE & VEHEMENT.
Where words like saw and idea come before a vowel, there's an increasing tendency among speakers of British English to insert an 'r' sound, so that law and order becomes law-r and order and china animals becomes china-r animals. Linguists call this 'intrusive r' because the 'r' was never historically part of the word.
How do you say “ARM”? If you pronounce the “r” like “arrum,” you're probably from Ireland or Scotland. If you say it more like “aahm,” then you're from England. But 60 years ago, if you pronounced the “r” in “ARM” you were almost certainly from the West Country or Newcastle.
It surely sounds strange to those who are familiar with American or British English, but it is a very common expression in Australia. G'day is a shortened form of 'Good Day' and it is the equivalent of 'Hello.
Australians use a lot of slang words, one of the more common words is g'day. G'day is an abbreviation of good day, a general greeting.
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The name for Sunday stems from the Middle English word sunnenday, which itself comes from the Old English word sunnandæg. The English derivations stem from the Latin diēs sōlis (“sun's day”). To know why this particular day is devoted to the sun, you have to look to Babylonian times.
The days were named after the planets of Hellenistic astrology, in the order: Sun (Helios), Moon (Selene), Mars (Ares), Mercury (Hermes), Jupiter (Zeus), Venus (Aphrodite), and Saturn (Cronos). The seven-day week spread throughout the Roman Empire in Late Antiquity.