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sheiyei
6 months ago
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A 1960s schools experiment that created a new alph...
Imagine having a language with no issues cobbling together significant portions of vocabulary from at least 8 different languages, and then ending up with the same pronoun for plural and singular, in both the 2nd and 3rd persons...
Ekaros
6 months ago
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Might as well go full way and adopt also we for both singular and plural.
olddustytrail
6 months ago
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Or imagine dropping "thou" and using "you" for both singular and plural. Crazy!
readthenotes1
6 months ago
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It's why we have y'all
olddustytrail
6 months ago
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In my area it's "youse".
Waterluvian
6 months ago
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Outrageous! How dare things keep evolving after I’m done evolving?
em-bee
6 months ago
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the pluralis majestatis is really a missed opportunity.
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