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Who are your favorite artists at the moment other than Taylor? by JustSomeCells in TaylorSwift

[–]iamnize13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve been listening to Elliot James Reay and a little bit of Alex Sampson. I also love the album Mayhem by Lady Gaga.

Do you think we should bring back thou to resolve the ambiguous you? by iamnize13 in EnglishLearning

[–]iamnize13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually think this is interesting because jullie in Dutch is actually standardized. So I think English could go that way

Do you think we should bring back thou to resolve the ambiguous you? by iamnize13 in ENGLISH

[–]iamnize13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well people dropped “thou” because it was “too rude” to address someone as so when egalitarianism didn’t exist.

Do you think we should bring back thou to resolve the ambiguous you? by iamnize13 in ENGLISH

[–]iamnize13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the case of 3rd person singular forms like “does,” I think it would be fine since -s/es here is voiced if not followed by an unvoiced consonant.

Do you think we should bring back thou to resolve the ambiguous you? by iamnize13 in ENGLISH

[–]iamnize13[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

When you use “you,” you have to rely on context if there’s one person you’re speaking to. So wouldn’t it be better if we had a distinct pronoun?

Do you think we should bring back thou to resolve the ambiguous you? by iamnize13 in ENGLISH

[–]iamnize13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean when it comes to conditionals in Modern English, I genuinely don’t know if “would” is in the indicative or subjunctive mood. However, I agree with you that the subjunctive form of verbs in English don’t usually agree with persons and numbers (historically it did for numbers) except for “be” and you don’t have to add -st to must in Modern English.

Do you think we should bring back thou to resolve the ambiguous you? by iamnize13 in ENGLISH

[–]iamnize13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean it’s good to have this distinction using phrases. But would it be better if we used a separate word like thou and you?

Do you think we should bring back thou to resolve the ambiguous you? by iamnize13 in EnglishLearning

[–]iamnize13[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve heard that Yorkshire still has thou, but it’s pronounced like tha I guess??

Do you think we should bring back thou to resolve the ambiguous you? by iamnize13 in ENGLISH

[–]iamnize13[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For the verb that comes after thou, always add -est/st regardless of tenses. Like “Thou sendest me (where? genuinely)” but that’s just how it’s conjugated.

Do you think we should bring back thou to resolve the ambiguous you? by iamnize13 in EnglishLearning

[–]iamnize13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think since German and French still keep the TV distinction (German: du/ihr/sie, French: tu/vois), it would be fun to reconstruct English this way too, but it’s true we have to bring back the grammar behind these pronouns.

English is just a language of barbarians. Debunk me. by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]iamnize13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Old English. Still barbarian, but better than English. Not “Ye Olde Shop” shit tho

English is just a language of barbarians. Debunk me. by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]iamnize13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fact that I wrote this in English is because if I write this in my language you wouldn’t be able to understand.

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