Re: CHAT Liturgical thou/thee etc. (was: Thorn vs Eth)

 --- Nik Taylor wrote:

> Personally, I detest this modernization.  If you're going to modernize,
> it seems to me that you should completely modernize, not just modernize
> the vocabulary (altho, does "hallowed" really count as modern?) but also
> the syntax.  Things like "Your kingdom come" are NOT contemporary
> English.
And what about THIS version (Ebonics)?

Yo, Big Daddy upstairs,
You be chillin
So be yo hood
You be sayin' it, I be doin' it
In this here hood and yo's
Gimme some eats
And cut me some slack, Blood
Sos I be doin' it to dem dat diss me
Don't be pushing me into no jive
Ang keep dem crips away
Cause you always be da man, G
Straight up.
Aa-men.

:)

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