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The royal you is me making up a phrase to mean "I'm using the word you to mean the reader, not you the person I am responding to" I thought it was pretty obvio

by corobo 5y ago

The royal you is me making up a phrase to mean "I'm using the word you to mean the reader, not you the person I am responding to" I thought it was pretty obvious but yea you got me. Good point, well made.

IncRnd 5y ago
Thanks for the explanation. I had never heard of the royal you and couldn't find an explanation. I wasn't trying to "get you" just understand.
bmn__ 5y ago
Just write "you (plural)" next time to make yourself easily understood.
- deleted 5y ago
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- kbelder 5y ago
  No, please never do that.