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• Thread starter Thread starter ae_alais
• Start date Start date Dec 9, 2012

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ae_alais

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Philippines Filipino and English(US) I am curious. Good Morrow is a salutation which is equal to good morning. Why is it so when morrow means the following day?

Andygc

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Devon British English ae_alais, you are perfectly correct, morrow does, indeed, mean the following day. There is also an archaic meaning whereby morrow = morning. Good morrow was a perfectly normal greeting a hundred years or more ago, particularly in some regional dialects in Britain and Ireland. I think it may still be found in some of those, although I have not heard it. Sorry, dreamlike, there's nothing much humorous about it. A

ae_alais

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Philippines Filipino and English(US) Ah, Now I see. Thank you. It just hit my mind when I was reading the Song of Ice and Fire and they've been using "Good morrow" all over the place, and yet, they also use morrow in the sense of the following day - like: "Good morrow lad, have you got my blade ready for the tourney?" "I'm afraid not sir, but I shall see to it that your swords are perfectly sharpened by the morrow." It's just weird to see them together like that. Last edited: Dec 9, 2012

Andygc

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Devon British English

ae_alais said: It just hit my mind when I was reading something Click to expand...

In future, please provide us with full sentences in your first post and also state the source. Please read The Longer Guide to English Only so that you understand what we expect in a question. Andygc, moderator R

Rover_KE

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Northwest England - near Blackburn, Lancashire British English

ae_alais said: I am curious. Good Morrow is a salutation which is equal to good morning. Why is it so when morrow means the following day? Click to expand...

Cf morgen, the Dutch and German word which means both 'morning' and 'tomorrow'. Rover

Loob

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English UK There are also other languages in which the word for "morning" is the same as the word for "tomorrow". And when you think about it, "tomorrow" includes the word "morrow".

PaulQ

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UK English - England If you translate "Good morrow lad, have you got my blade ready for the tourney?" "I'm afraid not sir, but I shall see to it that your swords are perfectly sharpened by the morrow." then you have: "Good morning lad, have you got my blade ready for the tourney?" "I'm afraid not sir, but I shall see to it that your swords are perfectly sharpened by the morning." and this conversation is perfectly understandable and we know that "the morning" = tomorrow. If the lad had wanted to say that he would have the sword sharpened before noon that day, he would have said, "I shall see to it that your swords are perfectly sharpened this morning." You must log in or register to reply here. Share: Bluesky LinkedIn WhatsApp Email Share Link

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