[lit-ideas] Re: "The Day After Yesterday"

J.L. wrote:

"it is  _analytically_ *true* that 'the day after yesterday' _is_ 'today'."

Really?  I would have thought that this phrase is a classic example of those
bits of language that escape _analytic_ analysis.  For example, to what does
'yesterday' refer to?


Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be,
There's a shadow hanging over me.
Oh, yesterday came suddenly.

Why she had to go I don't know she woldn't say.
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday.

Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play.
Now I need a place to hide away.
Oh, I believe in yesterday.

('Yesterday' Beatles)


Sincerely,

Phil Enns
Toronto, ON

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