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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Use of yon/yonder
Would you find such a sentence correct (and hopefully amusing)?
"Not a single deign was given yon day."
"Not a single deign was given yon day."
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I find it neither correct nor amusing. Am I missing something? Rover
- I find it neither correct nor amusing.
- Am I missing something?
- Rover
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Anonymous"Not a single deign was given yon day."I'm not getting any coherent meaning from it at all.
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"Deign" is normally a verb, meaning to condescend, to find something below your level.
I tried to make an archaized version of "Not a single *** was given that day", hence use of archaic "yon".
I tried to make an archaized version of "Not a single *** was given that day", hence use of archaic "yon".
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