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Wednesday is the day of the week
between Tuesday and Thursday. The
astrological sign of the planet Mercury represents Wednesday, which was dies mercurii to the Romans. In English, this became
Woden's Day, since the Roman god Mercury was identified with Woden in northern Europe.
When Sunday is taken as the first of the week, Wednesday is the day in the middle of
the week; correspondingly the German word for Wednesday is Mittwoch (middle of the week). Also it is in the middle of a working
week from Monday through Friday. However, see
also Thursday and ISO 8601.
In the popular rhyme, "Wednesday's Child is full of woe".
In Spanish, miércoles is used to mean Wednesday, but
also as a semi-rude euphism for never ever.
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