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huijzertoday at 11:57 AM2 repliesview on HN

Also sad is the fact that “you” is now used for “thee” and “thou” and such. The older variants could distinguish between “you” plural and “you” singular


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ksherlocktoday at 12:20 PM

W'all have got y'all for plural you.

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EvsCBtoday at 1:00 PM

Forms of it persists in regional dialects, its not super common anymore but in Yorkshire I still here "dees" and "thas", "yous" also persist as another form of the plural you.