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Why isn't "Wednesday" spelled "Wensday"? Why do we pronounce it like that?

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ArishMell · 70-79, M
The soft "dnes" part is not a common construction in English so slightly awkward to pronounce as spelt; but many people (including me, I think) do use the "d" with a light glottal stop effect. The result is nearer "We'ensday" than "Wensday".

Nearer in fact to its original, which as Hippyjoe points out, is "Woden's Day".