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minus-squareTrizza Tethis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoBut there is no single word in modern English for “the day after tomorrow” or “the day before yesterday”. In other languages, maybe. But not in English.
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoOTOH, at least the word for tomorrow isn’t also the word for morning.
minus-squareSemjaza@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAnother good one is differentiating listener inclusive and exclusive "we"s.
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBecause we mainly just call that “Tuesday”
minus-squareTrizza Tethis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoBut that isn’t modern English.
But there is no single word in modern English for “the day after tomorrow” or “the day before yesterday”.
In other languages, maybe. But not in English.
OTOH, at least the word for tomorrow isn’t also the word for morning.
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Another good one is differentiating listener inclusive and exclusive "we"s.
Because we mainly just call that “Tuesday”
Overmorrow?
But that isn’t modern English.