Re: Elves and Ill Bethisad
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, October 21, 2003, 17:30 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: Elves and Ill Bethisad
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 12:11:45PM -0400, John Cowan wrote:
> > > Are there any modern thou-dialects in the real world? I know
> > > there are thee-dialects, which take the you-form of the verb
> > > ("thee are", "thee were", etc.).
> >
> > Definitely, though the usual pron. is /DA/ ~ /D@/.
>
> Ah, and often transcribed "tha". I knew that, I think. :)
On the subject of things like that - some Black Country dialects(around
Brimingham) still have 'bist'. That's one of the 2nd persons of 'be' in OE,
used largely for the future tense.
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