[lit-ideas] Re: "The Day After Yesterday"
- From: "Phil Enns" <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 13:41:03 -0500
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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