Words relating to days; how to use?

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#209304 - 01/29/13 07:45 AM Words relating to days; how to use?
profborg stranger Registered: 01/29/13 Posts: 1	The words I am talking about are those from this weeks email, like hodiernal. Would it be correct and proper to say "I had a hodiernal meeting", or a hesternal appointment? thanks! daniel
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#209307 - 01/29/13 09:38 AM Re: Words relating to days; how to use? [Re: profborg]
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10472 Loc: this too shall pass	hodiernal seems to be mostly used in grammar/linguistics discussions; viz., the hodiernal past (tense), which is used to express same-day events. hesternal, then, is used for yesterday's events, and pre-hodiernal for previous to yesterday.. but I found this cite from Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (yes, *that Bulwer-Lytton): In enervating slumbers, from the hesternal dissipation or debauch. (or, he was trying to sleep off a hangover).
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#209312 - 01/29/13 04:33 PM Re: Words relating to days; how to use? [Re: tsuwm]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Yesterdays word: overmorrow is the literal equivalent of overmorgen = the day after tomorrow in up to date Dutch. Does English maybe also have ereyesterday = eergisteren?
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#209330 - 01/30/13 10:31 PM Re: Words relating to days; how to use? [Re: BranShea]
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11582 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	Not that I know of, Branny. Everybody I know says the day before yesterday.
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