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Bookmark or Share- Can I use word "Thou", "Thee", "Thy" and "Thine" like following"Thee" and "Thou" are not archaic in Northern England, although "thou" is often corrupted to "tha". I can certainly imagine someone in Yorkshire saying "I'll see thee later" or "What's tha got in t'bag?" "Thy" would be less common, but I doubt that it has died out entirely.
- Meaning of "I thou thee"? - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeIn "I thou thee", "thou" is a verb. The relevant definition in the OED is: trans. To address (a person) with the pronoun thou (or its equivalent in another language). (The quote in your question is one of the examples listed for this sense, in fact.) It's really the same pattern as "Don't 'honey' me!" which you may have actually heard in real life.
- Is pronouncing "The" as in "Thee" still correct in titles?The is pronounced "thee" when it precedes a word that begins with a vowel (the apple, the overtone series, etc.) or (sometimes) an aspirated consonant (the historic occasion of his birth) or when the speaker wishes to differentiate a noun by calling it out for special dramatic emphasis. For example: "He was the heavyweight boxing champion."
- Did English ever have a formal version of "you"?During the 14th century it also appears as a substitute for the singular obj. thee n. and nominative thou n., being originally used in token of respect in addressing a superior, but later also to an equal, and ultimately generally: compare thou pron. 1.
- What is the difference between "thee" and "thou"?Thee, thou, and thine (or thy) are Early Modern English second person singular pronouns. Thou is the subject form (nominative), thee is the object form, and thy/thine is the possessive form. Before they all merged into the catch-all form you , English second person pronouns distinguished between nominative and objective, as well as between ...
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