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Yes, and we originally said things like thee and thy. And thy meant my, or some crap like that.
by jamesaguilar 14y ago
Yes, and we originally said things like thee and thy. And thy meant my, or some crap like that.
- FxChiP 14y ago"Thy" meant "your". Close enough!
- dakimov 14y agoHoratio, thou art a scholar!
- qu4z-2 14y agoAnd then y'all started talking to each other in plural all the time. (OK, so 'you' was used as a formal singular for a long time too, but I like my version better)
- robocat 14y agoI really love y'all and you'ze - because the grammatical construct exists in other languages such as Spanish. Those words are used by some English speaking cultures because they are useful. I wonder of the usage is emergent (independent rediscovery), or a cultural meme transferred from another language?
- noonespecial 14y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thou http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thou Another fascinating journey on the good ship Wikipedia.