Saying " the day after tomorrow " when cause system is on par in terms of annoyance as having to say the 2d cous in cous cous . If only there was a simpler way to take you are talking about the day after tomorrow without hold to say such a mouthful .
Well skillful news , because there is a word for that , it has just fallen out of use of goods and services in recent years . People on the net have recently rediscovered the word , and are hop to bring it back .
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That word is " overmorrow " , come from " over " ( above ) and the old English watchword for morning ( morrow ) . The first document use of " overmorrow " comes from a interpretation of the Bible produced in 1535 , spell then as " ouermorow " .
" Then spake Tobias unto the virgin , and said : Up Sara , let us make our prayer unto God today , tomorrow , and overmorrow , " amodern - twenty-four hours translationof the text reads . " For these three nights will we reconcile ourselves with God , and when the third holy Nox is past , we shall join together in the responsibility of matrimony . "
This version of the Bible – the Coverdale Bible , the first English translation of the Bible to contain both honest-to-god and new testaments – also turn back another archaic term for the day before yesterday which could be a real timesaver .
" And Iacob behelde Labans countenaunce , & beholde , it was not towarde him as yesterdaye and yeryesterdaye , " thetext reads , " but the God of my forefather hath bene with me " .
" Overmorrow " fell out of common use fairly quickly , before the end of the16th Century , with the great unwashed for some reason prefer to utilize four Good Book instead of one . However , it cropped up in the UK Parliament as late as 1925 , whenSir W. Joynson - Hickssaid " we can go not overmorrow , but on Thursday " during one argument .
In German , the Holy Writ " übermorgen " is used for the day after tomorrow , while French uses " surlendemain " for the same concept . Perhaps , as the Internet seems keen , it is time to fetch back these metre - save Good Book . And then we can move on to that irritating second cous .
