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Re: CHAT: New Member With Questions

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Saturday, March 17, 2001, 0:10
Andrew Chaney wrote:
----->Let's not forget hither, hence, thither, and thence.>
I mentioned these too, but the post seems to have gone directly to
Scott.......

>OOC, anyone know just when these went out of style?
No, but hence is alive and well in academese; hither in "hither and yon" and the famous "come-hither" look-- but I'm dating myself, as those are somewhat obsolescent. The post that went to Scott also contained this, which might be of interest: Interesting thing about go/come, and bring/take (which latter seems to confuse native speakers and learners alike) and perhaps others: they depend on the speaker's point of view or location. Some languages, e.g. Indonesian, use the same word for bring/take; do any use the same word for go/come? Conlangs? Consider also: go in, come in = enter; go out, come out = exit; go up/down, come up/down = ascend/descend. Just random thoughts......