English THOU

>Actually I think many people, perhaps as a combination of the archaism of
>"thou" and its use towards God, have reanalyzed "thou" as a _formal_ form.
>I know that's what I thought, till a video game taught me otherwise.
Yes, and so it's wrong to use THOU as a respectful term. If you said, towards a
noble, THOU he would probably have you arrested :-) THOU shows NO (okay, a
little) respect but a "close relationship" to someone.


>Yeah, that's definitely how's it's seen now. In Star Wars (Episode 6, I
>think?), Darth Vader asks the Emperor, "What is thy bidding, my master?"
>- definitely a reversal of the original usage!
I didn't watch "Star Wars" (yeah... I know what I missed) but if they used
THOU/THY/THEE/THINE in that way you tell, that was a big and unfortunate
mistake. Like only hollywood can make :-]]]]]



                   chiph

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