edge [he/him] to the_dunk_tank • 1 year ago"They will never have a distinct recognizable culture that the South does and they hate us for it"imagemessage-square102 fedilinkarrow-up1100file-text
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minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]hexbear5·edit-21 year ago Centuries ago English used to have "ye" for the second person plural pronoun "ye" was just a written-shorthand version of "the" until people read it the way it looked retroactively. link
minus-squareOrcocracy [comrade/them]hexbear8·1 year agoYes and no. The ye in "ye olde shoppe" was "the" with the "thorn" character which looks kinda like a y if you write it fancy. The ye in "Hear ye, hear ye" was actually said as ye and was the second person plural. link
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]hexbear4·1 year agoI know it's more complicated than that especially because centuries of "ye" said as "yeeee" established a new precedent anyway. I just wanted an excuse to use the emoji. link
"ye" was just a written-shorthand version of "the" until people read it the way it looked retroactively.
Yes and no. The ye in "ye olde shoppe" was "the" with the "thorn" character which looks kinda like a y if you write it fancy. The ye in "Hear ye, hear ye" was actually said as ye and was the second person plural.
Hear Youse or hear y'all sound odd still
I know it's more complicated than that especially because centuries of "ye" said as "yeeee" established a new precedent anyway.
I just wanted an excuse to use the emoji.