Although the cartoon that Heidi discussed is a joke, there are languages that actually do something very much like what the cartoon describes. In Hindi, the word [kal] कल means "tomorrow" in a future tense clause but "yesterday" in a past tense clause. Similarly, [parsõ] परसों means "the day after tomorrow" in a future tense clause and "the day before yesterday" in a past tense clause.
Posted by Bill Poser at February 6, 2007 06:51 AM