• Intralexical@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    …Am I not allowed to use “y’all”, north of the 49th parallel? Do we have to bring back “thou” so “you” can be plural again? Or is this part of the Quebecois plot to force everyone to parler en français donc nous pouvons utiliser “vous”? C’est bien, anyway, j’suppose.

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      1 year ago

      Fun fact:

      “Thou” and “you” were the same word.

      The “th” sound used to have its own character in written English called the thorn. When typefaces came along, it was excluded and sometimes replaced with a “y.”

      Also why “Ye” and “The” are the same.

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      1 year ago

      Is it bad that I’m more bothered by “j’suppose” than the inclusion of “anyway”?

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      Well, I’m doing my best to import it into the New Zealand vernacular, we are South of the 49th.

      So, uh, I dunno.

    • Fedizen@lemmy.world
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      You can use yall but the "L"s are quieter the further north you go such that they’re silent near the border

      “How ya doin” is simply plural above the 49th