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Originally Posted by Formendacil
Actually, my understanding of the thou/you shift, and the bottom of the above quote provided will bear me out, is that in a conversation where the usage of you/thou shifts back and forth, "you" is a more respectful, more 'distant' usage, while "thou" is more familiar, the sort of thing a husband and wife would use when talking to each other.
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Why, indeed the quote says that! Maybe only this part of the previous quote stuck to me:
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Since this pronoun is now unusual and archaic it is employed mainly to represent the use of ceremonious language
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06-22-2005, 06:56 PM
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