Somehow this isn't parody.

  • Orcocracy [comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    Centuries ago English used to have "ye" for the second person plural pronoun, but I guess Anglo culture is fundamentally individualistic and makes even talking about stuff collectively an awkward experience.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Centuries ago English used to have "ye" for the second person plural pronoun

      berdly-actually "ye" was just a written-shorthand version of "the" until people read it the way it looked retroactively.

      • Orcocracy [comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        Yes and no. The ye in "ye olde shoppe" was "the" with the "thorn" character which looks kinda like a y if you write it fancy. The ye in "Hear ye, hear ye" was actually said as ye and was the second person plural.

        • UlyssesT [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          I know it's more complicated than that especially because centuries of "ye" said as "yeeee" established a new precedent anyway.

          I just wanted an excuse to use the berdly-actually emoji.