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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (15 children)

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

OTOH, at least the word for tomorrow isn't also the word for morning.

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