• @[email protected]
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    64 hours ago

    Yesn’t. Actually no.

    The singular was thou for subject and thee for object and the plural was ye/you. In formal speech the plural was used and the subject pronoun was replaced by the object but I can’t tell you in which order.

    The þ-thing didn’t effect the pronoun but some surnames and the article. I think some pubs have names like “ye old”. They used to be “þe(=the) old” and have nothing to do with þe old pronoun, even tho it is written the same.

    • @NABDad
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      24 hours ago

      God rest ye merry gentleman is the “ye” example I like to think of.

      • @[email protected]
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        13 hours ago

        Man Christmas dinner is gonna rock this year. Just like my mom will play dumb and look confused that I used “they” as a singular, I’m going to play dumb and look confused when she says “you”. I see no downsides.