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USAGE: 2nd pers. pron. for God

From:Pavel Adamek <pavel.adamek@...>
Date:Wednesday, September 11, 2002, 12:02
> > > SING > > > 1st ic /Ik/ > > > 2nd the /Te/ for people > > > De /de/ for God > > > 3rd he /he/ masc > > > she /Se/ fem > > > > "Why do you have a > > different pronoun for God?" > > Just curious, that's all. Any conhistory to this? > > I would think Beddel-shaedhem > would be spoken by people who would reserve a > separate pronoun for God--and I think it would be a > neat idea.
IMHO English *here* has now separate 2nd person for God too. Or do Englismen say "thou" to anybody else than to God? P. A.

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