Re: USAGE: 2nd pers. pron. for God

 --- Philip Newton skrzypszy:

> Pavel Adamek wrote:
> > IMHO English *here* has now
> > separate 2nd person for God too.
> > Or do Englismen say "thou"
> > to anybody else than to God?
>
> Or do Dutch people say "gij" to anybody else then to God?
Didn't you follow a recent thread on this subject (titled: "Oooo, I hate this
vermint, attn. Dutch speakers" or something alike)?
"Gij" in commonly used as the second person singular in Belgium; if it were
used in the Netherlands it would sound either very Flemish or very
old-fashioned, but it is not impossible. It is true that for many people "gij"
has clearly a biblical connotation, though.
About one week ago I wrote more about it:
http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0209a&L=conlang&F=&S=&P=24244
Since this link is too long for one line, you will probably have to
copy-and-paste twice if you want to read it.

Jan

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