Who Is YOUR Friday Named After?

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I knew that Friday was named after the Norse Goddess Freya, but I didn't know that is not true for all western languages.  In some languages Friday is named after the Greek Goddess Venus.  So, in French Friday is called Vendredi, which I knew since I speak French, but I never questioned the origin.  In Romanian Friday is Vineri.  For more information click here.  What did you learn today?

We Speak Russian Here!

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I'm learning Russian, and I wondered today which other countries I could visit and use the Russian language.  These countries are:  Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Slovenia, Croatia, Romania, and Serbia.  Russian is also one of the six official languages of the U.N.  For more information click here and click here.  What did you learn today?