As it is the first day of a new year, I am feeling more than usually conscious of time. Perhaps that is why, when I heard someone say “back in the day” this morning, I found myself wondering:
1. How far back? Just over the threshold into the recently finished year, the one before this one, or actually a long way back, back in the mists of time?
2. Which day? When you say “the” day, do you mean the day you were born, the day you started school, the day you moved out of home, the day you got married or had a child or got a job, or what?
3. And, while we're at it, "in"? "In the day"? What? Do you mean "during the day" (and here I return to question 2, with renewed bafflement).
Clarity. Meaning. Am I asking for too much? I’m sure I remember that we used to take such things for granted. Back in the day.
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