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Re: Now and then?

Alan Anderson ([email protected])

• From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Now and then?
• Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:00:04 -0500
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> "Voyages: now and then".

It would be nice to have more information about just what this sign  
was referring to.  My first thought -- and still my most strong one  
-- is that "now and then" is an idiomatic way to say "occasionally".

If you want to translate it as referring to two different times, I  
can accept that interpretation, but I still find it very strange that  
nobody has a problem assuming "then" means "in the past".  Wouldn't  
it have said "then and now" if that were the case?  To avoid the  
potential trap of making the wrong choice about something that isn't  
explicit, how about {DaHjaj latlh je lengmey}?

-- ghunchu'wI'

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