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Re: Saying "Thank you."

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Wednesday, August 22, 2001, 2:21
Damon M. Lord scripsit:

> Pinched that bit from Welsh 'ti' (you). It stays as TH (as in thing) > in nom. and acc. The word "you" in modern-english declines thus: > > Second (Singular) þau(nominative) þi(acc) ti(dat) > > Second (Dual) ghy(nom) ghæ(acc) ghir(dat) > > This is a borrowing from Welsh "chi" (you, polite) and I just messed > around with the endings.
Note also that they still say "thou" and "thee" in Ill Bethisad's flavor of English. And use uvular R's in the Americas (in all languages). -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org Please leave your values | Check your assumptions. In fact, at the front desk. | check your assumptions at the door. --sign in Paris hotel | --Miles Vorkosigan

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