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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread "Thee"s and "Thou"s innumerate #168153 05/09/2007 1:09 PM Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 72 Land where ne'er-do-wells rule... Curuinor journeyman Curuinor journeyman Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 72 Land where ne'er-do-wells rule... These two words are now primarily used by the Society of Friends. So is ye(the pronoun). How did such a basic part of language as the second person pronouns get consolidated into the single "you", leaving behind the dichotomy of formality and in-formality, and surviving only in the Quakers? I exist! I am a pedant! I have a foreboding signature! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted "Thee"s and "Thou"s innumerate Curuinor 05/09/2007 1:09 PM Re: "Thee"s and "Thou"s innumerate BranShea 05/09/2007 2:04 PM Re: "Thee"s and "Thou"s innumerate tsuwm 05/09/2007 6:06 PM Re: "Thee"s and "Thou"s innumerate Faldage 05/09/2007 11:14 PM Re: "Thee"s and "Thou"s innumerate Zed 05/10/2007 7:54 PM Re: "Thee"s and "Thou"s innumerate BranShea 05/11/2007 1:05 PM Re: "Thee"s and "Thou"s innumerate Myridon 05/11/2007 5:20 PM Re: "Thee"s and "Thou"s innumerate Zed 05/11/2007 7:19 PM Re: "Thee"s and "Thou"s innumerate zmjezhd 05/11/2007 7:32 PM Re: "Thee"s and "Thou"s innumerate BranShea 05/12/2007 3:44 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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