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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: The Royal We Jerr Boschee #178174 07/16/2008 1:30 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803  Originally Posted By: Jerr Boschee I could hear my journalism adviser's tongue clicking: "Jerr, Jerr -- if they 'reign' then they ARE 'supreme' -- you don't need BOTH words!" Your journalism adviser didn't understand much about the workings of the English language, did he?  Originally Posted By: zmjezhd the nurse's we Some languages distinguish between an inclusive we and an exclusive we, depending on whether second person is part of the we or not. The nurse's we is a whole nother kind of we; it excludes the first person. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted The Royal We Mike Whiskey 07/15/2008 8:01 AM Re: The Royal We Engelsepiet 07/15/2008 8:41 AM Re: The Royal We Porter 07/15/2008 9:47 AM Re: The Royal We Faldage 07/15/2008 10:44 AM Re: The Royal We zmjezhd 07/15/2008 12:38 PM Re: The Royal We Alex Williams 07/15/2008 8:47 PM Re: The Royal We Mike Whiskey 07/15/2008 9:57 PM Re: The Royal We olly 07/15/2008 11:08 PM Re: The Royal We The Pook 07/16/2008 4:18 AM Re: The Royal We nanannhh 07/21/2008 5:00 AM Re: The Royal We Zed 07/21/2008 7:16 AM Re: The Royal We tsuwm 07/15/2008 12:17 PM Re: The Royal We Jerr Boschee 07/15/2008 12:24 PM Re: The Royal We Faldage 07/16/2008 1:30 AM Re: The Royal We jjm3 07/16/2008 4:04 AM Re: The Royal We tsuwm 07/16/2008 6:10 AM Re: The Royal We Faldage 07/16/2008 10:43 AM Re: The Royal We Buffalo Shrdlu 07/16/2008 11:21 AM Re: The Royal We tsuwm 07/16/2008 11:43 AM Re: The Royal We morphememedley 07/22/2008 3:56 AM Re: The Royal We Zed 07/22/2008 5:47 AM Re: The Royal We heimdog 07/16/2008 1:26 PM Re: The Royal We Faldage 07/16/2008 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 Topics13,916 Posts230,332 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 10 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,174 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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