Thursday "xoves" and Romanian "joi". This is also reflected in the p-Celtic Welsh "dydd Iau". The astrological and astronomical sign of the planet Jupiter (♃) is sometimes used to represent Thursday. Since the Roman god Jupiter was identified with Thunor (Norse Thor in northern Europe), most Germanic languages name the day after this god: "Torsdag" in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish, "Hósdagur"/"Tórsdagur" in Faroese, "Donnerstag" in German or "Donderdag" in Dutch. Finnish and Northern Sami, both non-Germanic (Uralic) languages, uses the borrowing "Torstai" and "Duorastat". In the extinct Polabian Slavic language, it was "perundan", Perun being the Slavic equivalent of Thor. There
Barry Welsh is Coming Barry Welsh is Coming Barry Welsh is Coming was a sketch show produced by Absolutely Productions for HTV Wales. The programme was first broadcast at 10:40 pm on Friday 6 September 1996 and originally ran for 6 series with some episodes later broadcast on the Paramount Comedy Channel. The main star was John Sparkes, who played the geekish presenter Barry Welsh, along with other roles. For the final series, the show was renamed "Barry Welsh is Going" and consisted of three compilation specials. The series was replaced by "Jeff Global's Global Probe", which ended after six episodes. The TV series