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Re:Introducing command And commandfor In HTML by DonHopkins on Friday March 07, 2025 @02:00PM (#43293103)
Not to mention reversible computing's "gofrom" and "cometo".
Re:Introducing command And commandfor In HTML by toomim on Friday March 07, 2025 @02:52PM (#43293784)
comehither
Re:Introducing command And commandfor In HTML by edoceo on Friday March 07, 2025 @06:10PM (#43295837)
FromYonder
Re:Introducing command And commandfor In HTML by yellowapple on Friday March 07, 2025 @10:43PM (#43297307)
whence
Re:Introducing command And commandfor In HTML by vonunov on Sunday March 09, 2025 @01:42AM (#43306826)
After y'all've had such great success with the Stacked Contractions movement starting in 2017 -- which I would like to take credit for independently spearheading on the Neopets forums in the mid-2000s, but I'dn't've been able to do it all myself of course -- I'd like to propose our next campaign.

Let's bring back pronominal adverbs! You may already be familiar with such classics as "therefore" or "whereas". Why not revive all of them? No longer are "hereunder" and "thereinafter" the sole domain of lawyers. That alone would be an epic meme indeed, but we must go therebeyond. It is difficult to believe that anyone ever actually used words like "therethroughout" or "wherewithin", but we can make sure someone does.

You can even make up your own!

Just take any demonstrative (this/that/these/those), interrogative (what/which/who/where), or third-person personal pronoun, and turn it into the corresponding locative adverb, depending on whether you want to indicate being at, coming from, or going to something:

This -> Here/Hence/Hither;

That -> There/Thence/Thither;

What/who/which -> Where/Whence/Whither;

Him/Her/Them -> There/Thence/Thither; etc.

Makes sense? No questions? Great!

Now pick your favorite preposition and stick it on the end. Don't forget to experiment with some archaic prepositions like "anighst", "overthwart", and -- here's a really good one -- "withinside". That one means "within / inside" and I'm sure you can already see the potential.

"What place should I go into?" Nope! "Whitherwithinside should I go?" Now we're talking.

Re:Introducing command And commandfor In HTML by fuzztester on Friday March 07, 2025 @06:24PM (#43295921)
>reversible computing's "gofrom" and "cometo".

wowza, oops, i mean, wow, sir.

you inspired me to respire more deeply.

from which comes an irreversible desire to learn, deeply, about deep learning.

Re:Introducing command And commandfor In HTML by mindcrime on Friday March 07, 2025 @06:40PM (#43296017)
My new language is going to include thataway, overyonder and uptown constructs.
Re:Introducing command And commandfor In HTML by DonHopkins on Friday March 07, 2025 @08:36PM (#43296708)
2 the !!boogie, say(^jump the boogie)
Re:Introducing command And commandfor In HTML by vonunov on Saturday March 08, 2025 @04:18PM (#43303631)

  for (let i = 1; i <= 4; i++) {
      woman.getOn(floor);
      try {
          getDown();
      } catch (e) {
          if (e instanceof NotUpError) {
              getUp();
              getDown();
          }
      }
  }
Re:Introducing command And commandfor In HTML by chrismorgan on Saturday March 08, 2025 @01:09AM (#43297903)
Given that “come to” means “regain consciousness”, this pair sounds like it should be about thread sleep control.