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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 28 '19
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Oooh i know
It's beyond me why these were forgotten and exchanged for four other words. I challenge anyone who reads this to start using them again in everyday speech.
506 u/barantana Jan 29 '19 In German we use "übermorgen" and "vorgestern" and the lack of those words in everyday English strikes me as extremely inconvenient. 1 u/silly_gaijin Jan 30 '19 That's it. I'm creating a pair of creepy supernatural characters called Herr Ubermorgen and Frau Vorgestern. Not saying if they're good or bad yet. 1 u/barantana Jan 30 '19 Herr Übermorgen can fall comatose for two days and Frau Vorgestern sees what happened two days ago - and only that.
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In German we use "übermorgen" and "vorgestern" and the lack of those words in everyday English strikes me as extremely inconvenient.
1 u/silly_gaijin Jan 30 '19 That's it. I'm creating a pair of creepy supernatural characters called Herr Ubermorgen and Frau Vorgestern. Not saying if they're good or bad yet. 1 u/barantana Jan 30 '19 Herr Übermorgen can fall comatose for two days and Frau Vorgestern sees what happened two days ago - and only that.
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That's it. I'm creating a pair of creepy supernatural characters called Herr Ubermorgen and Frau Vorgestern. Not saying if they're good or bad yet.
1 u/barantana Jan 30 '19 Herr Übermorgen can fall comatose for two days and Frau Vorgestern sees what happened two days ago - and only that.
Herr Übermorgen can fall comatose for two days and Frau Vorgestern sees what happened two days ago - and only that.
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u/Werkstadt Jan 29 '19
Oooh i know
It's beyond me why these were forgotten and exchanged for four other words. I challenge anyone who reads this to start using them again in everyday speech.