Hello again! I hope you all enjoyed St. Patrick’s Day and had one or two pints of the black stuff (Guinness). Some of our teachers went to Szczyrk at the weekend and got thoroughly wet. Spring is about to begin and I’m sure you’re all looking forward to warmer weather as the days draw out (become longer).

What’s happening this week?

Jolene will be giving a lecture on American Folk Music this Friday. Sign up for it in the usual place if you want to go. This week’s Film Club will be held at the Amok Theatre. The film is called The Prestige. See the secretaries for more details. Marcin would like you all to know that his band Papilla are playing in Katowice this Friday. Tickets are 10 zlotys so see the man himself if you’re interested. Go on, you know you want to!


Stupid question of the day:

If I were you who would you be?


Can you crack the Speedo code?
Replace each letter with the letter that follows it in the alphabet:

Rgd khjdr sn rvhl hm sgd lnqmhmf.



As you know, the days of the week in English are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday .. but why?

Monday: The name Monday comes from the Old English Monandag, meaning "day of the Moon"; it is a translation of the Latin name dies Lunae.

Tuesday: Tuesday comes from the Old English Tiwesdag, meaning "Tyr's day." Tyr (in Old English, Tiw, Tew or Tiu) was the Nordic god of single combat and heroic glory in Norse mythology - The Norsemen came from Scandinavia.

Wednesday: This name comes from the Old English Wodnesdag meaning the day of the Germanic god Woden, more commonly known as Odin, who was the highest god in Norse mythology, and a prominent god of the Anglo-Saxons (and other places) in England until about the seventh century.

Thursday: Thursday comes from Thor, the Germanic and Norse god of thunder. It is based on the Latin dies Iovis, "Day of Jupiter"; compare French jeudi and Spanish jueves.

Friday: The name Friday comes from the Old English frigedag, meaning the day of Frige, the Germanic goddess of beauty, who is a later incarnation of the Norse goddess Frigg, but also connected to the Goddess Freyja. It is based on the Latin dies Veneris, "Day of Venus"; compare French vendredi and Spanish viernes. Venus was the Roman god of beauty, love, and sex.

Saturday: Saturday is the only day of the week to retain its Roman origin in English, named after the Roman god Saturn associated with the Titan Cronos, father of Zeus and many Olympians. In Latin it was dies Saturni, "Day of Saturn"; compare French samedi and Spanish sábado, which comes from sambata dies (day of the Sabbath).

Sunday: The name Sunday comes from the Old English sunnandag, meaning the day of the Sun; it is a translation of the Latin phrase dies solis. English, like most of the Germanic languages and several of the Celtic languages, preserves the original pagan/sun associations of the day; many other European languages, including all of the Romance languages, have changed the name of the day to the equivalent of "the Lord's day" (based on Ecclesiastical Latin dies Dominica). Compare Spanish domingo.

Quote of the day:
You should never judge a person until you’ve walked a mile in his shoes. After that, who cares.. he’s a mile away and you’ve got his shoes.

Have a good week and see you next time :)