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Nay, 'tis not Old, but early modern English sirrah
An it be no insult, needs must your own error mark: "ye" was a naughty type-setters convention, by Flemmish knaves, bent on butchering our noble thorn rune.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2026, 8:22, archived)
Didn't 'you' and 'thou' coexist for a while, as the formal and informal form of address respectively?
I seem to remember reading about Judge Jeffreys disrespecting a defendant by addressing him as 'thou'.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2026, 8:53, archived)

effrey ule
thou on a roll like Sellotape
(, Mon 23 Feb 2026, 9:12, archived)
Sure
But "thou" has always been singular. "You" is the versatile one.

(That was uncomfortable to write)
(, Mon 23 Feb 2026, 12:35, archived)
Thou is correct, one is the versatile one.

(, Mon 23 Feb 2026, 12:42, archived)
jesus fucking christ not thou an all

(, Mon 23 Feb 2026, 19:16, archived)