From: | Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> |
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Date: | Sunday, June 13, 2004, 8:46 |
Quoting Joe <joe@...>:> Andreas Johansson wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > >I find the combination of the meanings "ancient" and "forward" most > >counterintuitive, unless a Trollish perception of time is supposed. Is there > an > >explanation for it? > > > > > > > > Surely no more unintuitive than the English 'before' - 'in the past, in > front of'.While I realize those must have originated as the same word, I don't think of them as the same. Andreas