Language poll!

[conuly]

Poll #25428 "The other day"

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In your speech, can "the other day" be yesterday?

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Yes
34 (29.3%)

No
47 (40.5%)

Sometimes
28 (24.1%)

I'm not sure
7 (6.0%)

Comments

[conuly]

I only wish I could change the poll - I thought the implication of "no" was that if you did it, it meant you were being a little dishonest.

[darkoshi]

If I purposefully used "other day" about yesterday to be vague, I wouldn't consider myself to be lying. So that implies I feel it does encompass yesterday, even though I wouldn't normally use it that way. I suppose normally I feel it is better to be more precise.

Or maybe it implies that I don't want to admit to myself when I'm lying LOL