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Clarify -teenth
Foreign-language peeps shouldn't go chasing down the rabbit hole of asking translators about the word.
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- the Wednesteenth
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- the last Thursday
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There are exactly 7 days that end in '-teenth'. Therefore, one is
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guaranteed that each day of the week will have a '-teenth' in every
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month.
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Note that "Monteenth", "Tuesteenth", etc are all made up words. There
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was a meetup whose members realised that there are exactly 7 days that
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end in '-teenth'. Therefore, one is guaranteed that each day of the week
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(Monday, Tuesday, ...) will have exactly one date that is named with '-teenth'
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in every month.

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