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They/Them (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by qbert@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

"Thou is tall" sounds weird though.

you already use a grammatically plural pronoun to refer to individuals all the time: the word "you". It's always "you are tall",

This made my brain short circuit lol. Can't believe I never noticed.

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but that's because you see it in archaic contexts. How do you feel about 'thou art tall'?

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

But art sounds like are. Is art singular?

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

From the dictionary: (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of be

So, yes?

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Why the question mark?

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

To convey uncertainty, because the dictionary classification of the word was a bit of a mouthful, and I was only 90% certain that I was interpreting it correctly.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It's "thee is tall."

He, she, thee.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 7 months ago

Ahhh, that makes so much more sense.

[–] njaard@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

No, that's incorrect.

It's "Thou are tall" or "Thou art tall"

Nominative   Oblique  Possessive 
Thou         Thee     Thy/Thine* 
I            Me       My/Mine*
He           Him      His
She          Her      Her/Hers**
You          You      Your/Yours**

* Used as an object (It is thine) or historically, when the following word started in the vowel (Thine eyes sparkle like diamonds, Mine ears ache)

** Used as an object (it is hers)

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Yes I too, read the Wikipedia entry for thou/thee.

Are the Outlander writers just dumb or something then? Or is what you're referring to ("thou art") just a different context.

Because in Outlander, the quakers clearly use "thee is" and not "thou art/are".

Because they use it as the second person singular.

Minor spoilers for latest season of Outlander

Thee is a wolf