Re: Story - TCOAIW

Robert B Wilson wrote:
> the plural of 'thou' is 'you'.  'ye' is the plural of 'thee'. (that
> sentence doesn't quite sound right to me. can someone tell me why?)
Because you're backward.  "Thou" was singular nominative, "Thee" was
singular accusative, "Ye" was plural nominative, "You" was plural
accusative.

> i would agree, but then i would have to say that the correct
> pronounciation of 'he had' (at least in my dialect) is [hid].
> one interesting comment: i pronounce "he'd" (he would) as [hi@d] and
> "he'd" (he had) as [hid].
Interesting.  I'd say [hid] for either form of "he'd", and [hi h&d] for
"he had".

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