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What language do you find the most seductive, and what about it makes you feel that way? (reddthat.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I will say, there are a number of words in middle English that we lost that we need to bring back. Aside from silly ones, there are a number of practical ones like "overmorrow" (the day after tomorrow) and "ereyesterday" (the day after yesterday) which convey the same thought without having to type out an entire phrase.

Here's a bunch of them:

https://thoughtcatalog.com/jeremy-london/2018/09/archaic-words/