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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: The Royal We Faldage #178180 07/16/08 11:43 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass  Originally Posted By: Faldage Or either it's just the same impulse that drove us to the singular 'you', which originally was used to people higher in social status to the speaker. How far back can we trace the royal we in English? 'We þæt ellenweorc estum miclum, feohtan fremedon, frecne geneðdon eafoð uncuþes..' -joe (if you consider Beowulf to be English) friday Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted The Royal We Mike Whiskey 07/15/08 08:01 AM Re: The Royal We Engelsepiet 07/15/08 08:41 AM Re: The Royal We Porter 07/15/08 09:47 AM Re: The Royal We Faldage 07/15/08 10:44 AM Re: The Royal We zmjezhd 07/15/08 12:38 PM Re: The Royal We Alex Williams 07/15/08 08:47 PM Re: The Royal We Mike Whiskey 07/15/08 09:57 PM Re: The Royal We olly 07/15/08 11:08 PM Re: The Royal We The Pook 07/16/08 04:18 AM Re: The Royal We nanannhh 07/21/08 05:00 AM Re: The Royal We Zed 07/21/08 07:16 AM Re: The Royal We tsuwm 07/15/08 12:17 PM Re: The Royal We Jerr Boschee 07/15/08 12:24 PM Re: The Royal We Faldage 07/16/08 01:30 AM Re: The Royal We jjm3 07/16/08 04:04 AM Re: The Royal We tsuwm 07/16/08 06:10 AM Re: The Royal We Faldage 07/16/08 10:43 AM Re: The Royal We Buffalo Shrdlu 07/16/08 11:21 AM Re: The Royal We tsuwm 07/16/08 11:43 AM Re: The Royal We morphememedley 07/22/08 03:56 AM Re: The Royal We Zed 07/22/08 05:47 AM Re: The Royal We heimdog 07/16/08 01:26 PM Re: The Royal We Faldage 07/16/08 11:42 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,415 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 744 guests, and 7 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 38 A C Bowden 26 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,586 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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