The word “elsewhere” conveniently exist to spare us the chore of saying “somewhere else”. Why then do we waste or time saying “someone else” or “some other time”?

  • GreyShuck@feddit.uk
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    3 months ago

    It seems that elsewhen, and a lot of other variations - used to be used, but fell out of fashion. There is some discussion here.

  • sudo42@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Don’t ask. Just start using it. If others like it and it catches on, eventually it will be put in the OED.

    There wasn’t a language conference that ok’d ‘skibidy toilet’ before it could be used.

    • IronKrill@lemmy.ca
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      3 days ago

      Oh, you weren’t given an invite to the skibidi toilet conference? Eesh, sorry man, the rest of us all got one.