@[email protected]MB to Hacker [email protected]English • 11 months agoDid English ever have a formal version of "you"?english.stackexchange.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkDid English ever have a formal version of "you"?english.stackexchange.com@[email protected]MB to Hacker [email protected]English • 11 months agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@stevestevestevelinkEnglish8•edit-211 months agoWouldn’t that be Thou (as frequently used biblically)? Edit - looks like thou is actually the informal counterpart to “you,” so your question may be more like where’s the English tu? Lol And edit again, after reading the link, yep. You is the formal one, thou became so informal as to be rude and fell out of use
Wouldn’t that be Thou (as frequently used biblically)?
Edit - looks like thou is actually the informal counterpart to “you,” so your question may be more like where’s the English tu? Lol
And edit again, after reading the link, yep. You is the formal one, thou became so informal as to be rude and fell out of use