The 3rd Day

The 3rd day explains it. Tuesday is the 3rd day of the week, it follows Monday and is before Wednesday. Exactly what is Tuesday's purpose? It's only been around since before 1050 , it is the typical Voting day, there are limitless possibilities what a person can do with this day. People have even named their child after this day; Tuesday Adams of the Adam's family.

What does the word mean? There are many meanings behind it from Greek (Triti meaning "third", counting Tuesday as the third day of the week) Hebrew (Yom Shlishi (יום שלישי) meaning "third day", counting Tuesday as the third day of the week.) Quakers traditionally referred to Tuesday as "Third Day" eschewing the pagan origin of the English name "Tuesday". This has also been the custom in Iceland since about the 11th century when Jón Ögmundsson changed it to Þriðjudagur, meaning "Third Day"

There you have it. A bit more on a word that get looked over a lot! Tuesday