Man Goes To Portugal

A quinta is akin to 'the fifth', akin to 'the farm', and akin to 'Thursday'; and "akin to" when said quickly in this sentence is pretty much how you say a quinta  in Portuguese. Uma quinta  is what you call a farm in Portugal but it is also a homophone (steady on) for 'a fifth' when referring to a feminine noun, such as "Mum, Dad: may I present my fifth wife".  It's also what the fifth day in the week is called when quinta-feira  is shortened colloquially, to quinta .  I still get Wednesdays and Thursdays muddled up and have to count up every time.  Monday is second...  segunda... Tuesday is third...  terça ...  And, if my online etymological sources are to be believed, quinta is also the word for a farm due to a fifth of a farm's income having been paid in rent in times gone by.  Interesting?  Perhaps not but I enjoy linguistic links maybe more than doors.  In response to the statement 'I'm going to the farm this Thu...