Re: Elves and Ill Bethisad
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, October 21, 2003, 13:59 |
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On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 11:50:53PM -0400, John Cowan wrote:
> Tristan McLeay scripsit:
> > I was under the impression that it was 'thou wert'?
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> In the 17th century, maybe. Modern thou-dialects use "was".
> That includes IB English.
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.).
Also, there are conflicting reports of the 2nd-singular-past
form of "to be" in archaic English; I've seen both "wast" and "wert".
-Mark
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