Re: [ADS-L] "I'll s ee you on tomorrow"; was: Re: Is it ju st me or ...
RonButters at AOL.COM
RonButters at AOL.COM
Sat Jul 8 15:43:40 UTC 2006
One can of course say, "I'll see you on the morrow," though it sounds rather
stilted and archaic. I've nevder checked the etymology of TOMORROW -- always
assumed it was a contraction of "the morrow" (with the voiced fricative
becoming a stop as it does so frequently in English dialects, and with the stop also
becoming voiceless--a little harder to explain, I suppose).
In a message dated 7/7/06 3:22:10 PM, zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU writes:
> On Jul 6, 2006, at 6:16 PM, Jerry Cohen wrote:
>
> >
> >> From Brenda Lester, Thu 7/6/2006 3:41 PM:
> > My sister hates, "I'll see you on tomorrow."
> > <snip>
> >
> > * * * * * * * * *
> >
> > This looks like a blend: (spoken e.g., on Monday): "I'll see you
> > tomorrow" + "I'll see you on Tuesday."
>
> it's pretty common, and has even made it into Paul Brians's Common
> Errors list
>
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