Re: USAGE: 2nd pers. pron. for God
| From: | daniel andreasson <danielandreasson@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, September 16, 2002, 11:53 |
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Nik wrote:
> "You" is derived from the accusative (?) plural 2nd person
> pronoun in Old English, _eow_, which became /jo:/, IIRC,
> in Middle English, and thence, via the Great Vowel Shift,
> /ju:/
Aha. So not "you" then. I thought it was a bit too obvious.
Thanks for the correction.
||| daniel
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