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Re: Old Norse (was Re: New to the list)

From:Padraic Brown <pbrown@...>
Date:Saturday, June 17, 2000, 19:19
On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, Nik Taylor wrote:

>> >> The problem is using the correct verb form... > >How so?
I use, for regular verbs, -s when using thou: As thou sees, there's an ess on the end. I'd use "thou are" rather than "thou art", thou will rather than thou wilt, which be quite stuffy. I suppose he's referring to using -st, as thou mightest imagine. Speaking thouly, I actually got addressed in the 2nd singular the other day, at a gas station of all places! When handing me my change, the attendant said "Here's thou's change." :) [Certainly no worse than y'all's's!] Padraic.
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