Re: Cases and Prepositions (amongst others)

On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, Nik Taylor wrote:

> Tom Wier wrote:
>
> > while the literal translation
> > of the German 'zu dieser Zeit' is 'to this time'.
>
> Did English once have this usage?  If so, it would explain "today",
> "tonight" and "tomorrow"
Some varieties of English still have this usage. In Northern
Utah it is common to hear things like "We were (over) to Mom and
Dad's this morning" or "He's (over) to the dairy right now". I
usually hear (and say) this with the 'over', but I've heard it
without as well.

Dirk

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Dirk Elzinga
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