Kyle and I met up at Highland Lanes last night to bowl a few frames. Every Wednesday, Highland Lanes here in Austin has unlimited bowling (including shoe rental) for $5 a person. Incidentally, have you ever looked at the word “Wednesday” and thought that n shouldn’t be there? Why is it there? Turns out that Wednesday is named after the Norse god, Odin otherwise known as Woden or Wotan.
Unlike many of the other days of the week, this day did not correspond roughly with the Roman designation for the day. (The Roman’s named Wednesday for the messenger God – Mercury – In Romanian, the day is still known as miercuri). The early Scandanavians and Germans believed that Odin was the chief God of Asgard and as such deserved to have a day of the week named for him. The Anglo-Saxons used the word, Wodnesdaeg.
