Haroldosaur wrote:
"you actually is the formal, originally plural version (ye/you/your) andthou was the informal version (thou/thee/thy/thine). Over time, thou became impolitely informal and is now no longer used, though interestingly enough nowadays it might even be perceived as more formal than you"
"you actually is the formal, originally plural version (ye/you/your) andthou was the informal version (thou/thee/thy/thine). Over time, thou became impolitely informal and is now no longer used, though interestingly enough nowadays it might even be perceived as more formal than you"
That's what I heard, at least. :P
Yeah, that's the T-V distinction as they call it. It means that thou/thee/thy/thine are used for informal singular while ye/you/your/yours are formal singular and any kind of plural. Thou would not be used for plural. It's not the equivalent of y'all.