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Subject: The term "yesteryear"
Written By: Todd Pettingzoo on 03/21/19 at 1:05 am
It means different things to people. For me, it's 15+ years ago.
What about you?
Subject: Re: The term "yesteryear"
Written By: karen on 03/21/19 at 12:34 pm
Sometime in the 1950s or 60s
Subject: Re: The term "yesteryear"
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/19 at 7:53 am
Sometime in the 1950s or 60s
It does for me as well, but generally I think the previous year, as in the previous day for yesterday.
Subject: Re: The term "yesteryear"
Written By: nally on 01/30/22 at 10:16 pm
It does for me as well, but generally I think the previous year, as in the previous day for yesterday.
That's how I associated the word when I first heard it. Because the word "yesterday" typically means "the day before today", I intuitively assumed that the term "yesteryear" had an analogous meaning ("last year"). But that's not really the case.
Subject: Re: The term "yesteryear"
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/22 at 3:08 am
That's how I associated the word when I first heard it. Because the word "yesterday" typically means "the day before today", I intuitively assumed that the term "yesteryear" had an analogous meaning ("last year"). But that's not really the case.
I believe in yesteryear.