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    Why does the expression 'eight days a week' come from and what is the meaning of it?

    Question #99494. Asked by NoseTwitcher14. (Sep 17 08 2:49 PM)


    Flem-ish

    		Usual tendency of languages to be emotional, to exaggerate rather than to be strictly logical. Beatle-song does same as Shakespeare when coining the phrase "for ever and a day". Logically there are only seven days in a week and for ever is for ever. But emotionally ..Emotions are a very different thing than logics.
    http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/140900.html

    Sep 17 08, 3:21 PM

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