>(1) Is the deictic/non-deictic distinction in fact confused (as it > often is in English, of course)? I usually think of deixis as pointing at an object, i.e., 'that one there'. In both English and Welsh, there are different deictic words that are used depending upon the distance (i.e., 'here' vs. 'there'). The difference between 'trannoeth' and 'yfory' in my mind is that 'yfory' is always with respect to 'here' (i.e., 'today'), whereas 'trannoeth' is with respect to some other specified day. 'Trannoeth' seems to me to be just as deictic as 'yfory', only with a different reference. There is also the word 'tridiau' ('three days') which is not deictic (and I wouldn't rule out the existence of the word 'deudiau', though it's not in my dictionary). >(2) In my English, at any rate, 'two days hence' doesn't mean the > same as 'in three days' time'. "Tradwy" looks as though it's > literally 'across two' -- i.e. the third day from your reference > day. Interesting point. Welsh seems to have other off-by-one errors with respect to time, e.g.: wythnos (8 nights) = week (7 days) pythefnos (15 nights) = fortnight (14 days) --Mark