• Sharkticon@lemmy.zip
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      21 hours ago

      What on Earth are you babbling about? I didn’t mention the word thou in my comment. You said that English lacked a second person singular.

      No, you lack a second person singular…

      You is the second person singular. Not just in southern America but everywhere. You used it multiple times already. The fact thay thou is also second person singular is irrelevant. You typed all of that for no reason whatsoever.

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          19 hours ago

          Yeah I’m not understanding your argument either. Are you arguing that “you” is not a second person singular in Modern English? It sounds like you are but then you also are using it currently so I’m confused.

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              17 hours ago

              Okay so your argument is basically that language never changes and never evolves? Because it wasn’t a second person singular 300 years ago it can’t be one today? All right. That seems silly but you do you.

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                  13 hours ago

                  For the life of me I can’t understand you why you keep linking the same Wikipedia page to a word nobody is talking about. You’re continually making the argument that the word you is not a second person singular while still using the word you as a second person singular. Thou art utterly absurd. I’m going to block you now.

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          13 hours ago

          Colloquially English lacks a second person singular? “You” is not colloquially used? That’s your assertion? Even though you use it in multiple times in your comment and you’re clearly understanding my use of it? Just want to clear that up cuz it seems insane.