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Re: French & Eng. vis-a-vis Dutch WAS: 2nd pers. pron. for God

From:Muke Tever <mktvr@...>
Date:Thursday, September 12, 2002, 23:45
From: "Clint Jackson Baker" <litrex1@...>
> > However, it would still sound a bit blasphemous to > > say "jij" to God; that would > > be denying your own nothingness in comparison with > > His greatness... > > > Interesting in that this seems to be the opposite > intuition in French and English. "Tu" and "Thou" are > used to indicate one's closeness to and intimacy with > God, at least I would think....
Though in a great many people who don't know what "thou" meant, the archaicness feature attracts formality and not familiarity, which somewhat reverses the situation. *Muke! -- http://www.frath.net/

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Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Clint Jackson Baker <litrex1@...>