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

From:Clint Jackson Baker <litrex1@...>
Date:Monday, September 16, 2002, 19:56
What do our native French speakers have to say on
this, given that "tu" has a non-archaic, non-deific
usage?

Clint

--- Muke Tever <mktvr@...> wrote:
> 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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