Re: Methods of Question-Forming
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, April 12, 2003, 17:08 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jake X" <starvingpoet@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 4:53 PM
Subject: Re: Methods of Question-Forming
> [dZoU f@'tu:l@ r\oUt]
> > From: "Jake X" <starvingpoet@...>
> > Subject: Re: Methods of Question-Forming
> >
> >
> > > > It should be 'speak'. 'speakest' is only used with 'thou'.
> > > Yes, but if she's gonna add an extra ending, it might as well be
> > > a second person one.
> >
> > You might as well say "they speaketh". It's still third person, but
being
> > used for the plural instead.
> OK, I give in. But I'm curious now. When did thou and you switch places
> in formality? Logically, thou should be the more intimate one.
>
> Jake
>
They didn't. 'Thou', while it was used, was always the familiar form.
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