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Why are those days called 'doomsdays'? Anybody knows? (The origin articles don't seem to be online.)
by cstuder 12y ago
Why are those days called 'doomsdays'? Anybody knows? (The origin articles don't seem to be online.)
- scotty79 12y agoMaybe because its inventor is John Conway? You know, "Conway's Game of Life", "Doomsday rule"... He's not into small names for the things he invented.
- lordbusiness 12y agoI do believe the etymology in this case lies with Old English 'domes dæg' which was thought to be some apocalypse 6,000 years after creation, which was thought to be ca. 5,200BCE. As for your question why, I cannot reasonably guess. :-) Somewhat related, you may be interested to read up about the Doomsday Book.