Wednesday "Germanic Mercury". The Latin name dates to the late 2nd or early 3rd century. It is a calque of Greek ("heméra Hérmou"), a term first attested, together with the system of naming the seven weekdays after the seven classical planets, in the "Anthologiarum" by Vettius Valens (c. AD 170). The Latin name is reflected directly in the weekday name in most modern Romance languages: "Mércuris" (Sardinian), "mercredi" (French), "mercoledì" (Italian), "miércoles" (Spanish), "miercuri" (Romanian), "dimecres" (Catalan), "Marcuri" or "Mercuri" (Corsican). In Welsh it is Dydd Mercher, meaning Mercury's Day. The German name for the day, "Mittwoch" (literally: "mid-week"), replaced the
Bad Day All Week Bad Day All Week "Bad Day All Week" is a song by English singer Sam Smith, released as his debut single on 18 August 2008. In 2008, Smith had signed a deal with Venus & Mars Music, a small UK independent label. He was given to record songs by songwriting team of Victoria Hemmings, William John Pearce and John Conlon, who previously performed together as Lovatux. The first of Smith's recordings to see the light of the day would be "Bad Day All Week", a song which appeared as the B-side on Lovatux's 1996 single, "Something". Ahead of its scheduled