tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Feb 13 08:12:34 1995
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Re: "Bon appetit"
- From: [email protected] (Matt Gomes)
- Subject: Re: "Bon appetit"
- Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 08:12:14 +0800
:
: According to R.B Franklin:
: >
: >
: > On Sat, 11 Feb 1995, Jeremy Cowan wrote:
: >
: > > Almost every natural language I have studied uses the second person plural
: > > for the second person singular formal. It seems a popular thing to do.
: > > And what makes you say that DIvI' Hol doesn't use it. When (in English) I
: > > want a second person singular formal I certainly use the pronoun for
: > > second person plural. :)
: >
: > What kind of second person plural pronoun do you use to address a single
: > person formally? Y'all? Youse guys? Or are you using "thou" for the
: > second person singular and "you" for the plural? {{:-)
:
Just to be off the "tlhIngan Hol" subject...
I was always under the impression that "thee/thou/thine" are all INFORMAL... I
believe people think that using an unfamiliar term MUST be formal, but, "you"
is formal and "thee" is informal...
Just trying to be contrary... (no I'm not...)
majIq