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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread hodiernal #143683 06/07/2005 2:09 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky This word reminded me of a song we did when I took Chorus (in college); I have no idea who wrote it, but I remember singing, "Ho-dee-ay, ho-dee-ay", with two beats on the ho. Also--given that we can only be in today (never yesterday or tomorrow), how could anything that isn't a creature of the night help but be hodiurnal? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hodiernal #143684 06/08/2005 3:09 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Well, from a quick google it seems that there are such things as hodiernal past and future tenses, where the tense refers to a time in the past/future but still today. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hodiernal #143685 06/08/2005 4:11 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada there are such things as hodiernal past and future tenses I don't know why but that fact leaves me with a feeling of, I don't know if it's awe or amazement, about the human mind - that we would come up with something so specific. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter hodiernal #143686 06/09/2005 11:56 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Hodiernal sounds like either a square dance that occurs every day, or a prostitute who works the day shift. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hodiernal #143687 06/09/2005 2:27 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Alex! HA!!!!!!! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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