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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

[marahmarie]

It can absolutely never be yesterday so if someone starts or persists with saying "the other day" when they mean that I'll correct them even at the risk of interrupting and/or distracting the person and/or ruining and/or ending the conversation because I don't care, it bothers me that much. The other day was more than one day ago and if it wasn't then either say "yesterday" or admit you can't remember exactly which day it was, unless I *know* it was yesterday, in which case just stop. It drives me wild.