Hence have other meanings and could be ambiguous hence I suggest we do not
use it.

Karl


On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Frank Shearar <frank.shearar at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 4 May 2013 08:34, Colin Putney <colin at wiresong.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> "hence" is equally meaningful as "fromNow", but more old-world
> >> sounding.  I think "ago" and "fromNow" are more compatible with each
> >> other in terms of modern language use.
> >
> >
> > No!
> >
> > "Hence" is the proper the proper and perfectly cromulent antonym for
> "ago."
> > The fact that many people use circumlocutions to compensate for a
> deficient
> > vocabulary does not mitigate this truth.
>
> Eschew obfuscation! Espouse elucidation!
>
> I back Colin's position with moderate strength; a compromise would be
> to have both :) #fromNow would delegate to #hence, of course.
>
> frank
>
> > Colin
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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