Quote: (04-26-2018 06:49 AM)Thomas the Rhymer Wrote:
Quote: (04-24-2018 10:09 AM)Salvadore Wrote:
I've also always been annoyed that English only got the one word for "You" contrary to Italian, and doesn't differ whether it's meant to a singular person (tu) or multiple (voi). If everyone just spoke Italian it would make it a whole lot easier for everyone rather than having all these other ugly languages around.
Personally, I'm a big fan of ' y'all '.
Much nicer than bringing back 'thou'.
Interesting fact: 'thou' was used only to address people of lower rank. 'You' was reserved for groups and nobility. Something to look out for when reading Shakespeare, some characters deliberately put others down by using 'thou' instead of 'you'.
I know that some European second-language speakers of English tend to emulate the T-V distinction by capitalising the Y when writing "you" in a formal sense.
,,Я видел, куда падает солнце!
Оно уходит сквозь постель,
В глубокую щель!"
-Андрей Середа, ,,Улица чужих лиц", 1989 г.