----- Original Message -----
From: "Tristan McLeay" <kesuari@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: Help!
> Joe wrote:
>
> >No, it's not a fixed phrase, "would that xxx" is quite flexible. It's
not
> >used any more, of course, but Boromir, in Lord of the Rings, uses it.
> >
> >
> Well, no longer being used any more (baring 'for overblow silly effect'
> and other similar things) is even less grounds for an argument than a
> fixed phrase :)
>
I don't know..I'd say 'thou' is the 2nd person singular/familiar...