Re: This day

On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 04:34:03PM -0400, Leon Lin wrote:
>
> If I'm not mistaken, quite a few languages, or at least conlangs, use "this
> day" for "today" (correct me if I'm wrong). How do they deal with situations
> like this:
>
> A: When should we plan the meeting?
> B: How about this day (points at calendar)?
Consider what happens to this example if you replace "day" with "year". How *does*
English handle not having a separate lexeme for "the current year"? (I'm not
trying to be a smart-ass, I don't know the answer myself.)

P.S. Are you the same Leon Lin as the author of _The One that Got Away_ and
_Kissing the Buddha's Feet_?

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