Re: USAGE: The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

On 11/27/06, Sai Emrys <sai@...> wrote:
> I believe this is ~= thee/you.
>
> S/He doth = informal
> S/He does = formal
>
> -eth is informal 2/3p, not 1p. E.g. Methinks thou thinketh m'lord does think so.
>
>  - Sai
??? I've never heard of -th in the 2nd person; are you thinking of -st?

Anyway, I'd expect "the Lady" to take the formal.

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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>

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