{"id":3285,"date":"2013-12-19T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T14:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=3285"},"modified":"2013-12-06T17:55:17","modified_gmt":"2013-12-06T22:55:17","slug":"the-other-names-of-the-days-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/the-other-names-of-the-days-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"The other names for the days of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m sure you learned the names of the days of the week in English very early on in your first English class, so I hope you know them well by now. Today I have a more advanced lesson on the days of the week in English. Today we will look at the days of the week within some cultural context.\u00a0 Here we go\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday<\/strong> \u2013 This is the first day of the workweek (the workweek is 5 days long, Monday-Friday). Monday is so well known for the day we have to go back to work after the weekend that a song has even been written about this called <em>Manic Monday<\/em>.\u00a0 This English song is so well known that often people refer to Monday as &#8220;<strong>Manic Monday<\/strong>.&#8221;<br \/>\nTake a listen here to the song: <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Bangles - Manic Monday HD\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XbHxwFxdXXc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday<\/strong> \u2013 This day of the week is also known as \u201c<strong>hump day<\/strong>,\u201d because Wednesday is in the middle of the workweek. What this means is that people have worked two days and they will have two days left to go until the weekend. So, they have reached the top of the \u201chump\u201d for the week. I love this commercial about hump day; it makes me laugh every time. Note: Camels are known for having humps on their backs, that is part of what makes this video funny.<br \/>\nSee is you get the joke now that you what hump day means: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kWBhP0EQ1lA\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kWBhP0EQ1lA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday<\/strong> \u2013 Recently Thursdays have become known to many Americans as \u201c<strong>Throwback Thursday<\/strong>,\u201d because people put up pictures (on social media) from a time in the past, to remind (or to poke fun at) friends.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday<\/strong> \u2013 A saying often associated with Friday is: \u201c<strong>TGIF<\/strong>.\u201d (Yes, just like the restaurant.) This acronym stands for \u2018Thank God It\u2019s Friday,\u2019 which acknowledges the relief many people feel at reaching the end of the workweek.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday<\/strong> \u2013 Although Sunday is considered a holy day to many, to others it is the last day to have fun over the weekend so some people refer to it as <strong>Sunday Funday<\/strong>. Young people often have Sunday Funday get-togethers or parties on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>As you may have noticed many of these other names associated with the days of the week revolve around getting through the workweek and trying to get to the weekend. Is this the same in your native language?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m sure you learned the names of the days of the week in English very early on in your first English class, so I hope you know them well by now. Today I have a more advanced lesson on the days of the week in English. 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