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To: Borges

No, thee thou and thine sound silly in the modern context. They’re antiquated words. They went away a long time ago and for good reason. You pretty much always know in context how many people “you” is (cool I made a grammatically correct you is, that’s funny) they don’t need separate words.


85 posted on 11/03/2011 10:42:37 AM PDT by discostu (How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today)
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To: discostu
No, thee thou and thine sound silly in the modern context. They’re antiquated words. They went away a long time ago


Jedediah would like a word with thee.
87 posted on 11/03/2011 11:03:36 AM PDT by Borges
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