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Post thou thine desktop! |
Soga
Member #4,589
May 2004
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Chris, that seems to be a Gremlin, from the movie Gremlins, with a guy's face on it. Don't feed Kid Russia. |
Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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No, it should be: Post thou thy desktop, because thine is for words that begin with a vowel sound. I believe the command+you order was used a lot in old English. You is plural / formal polite; thou is singular and grew to be considered rather impolite outside of parent/child type of relationships. Obviously it ended up out of favor altogether, and "you all" has taken the place of plural "you". |
Steve Terry
Member #1,989
March 2002
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I believe mogwai is the correct term... a gemlin results from feeding a mogwai after midnight I don't think it's a mogwai anyway... something doesn't quite look right... maybe the ears? ___________________________________ |
X-G
Member #856
December 2000
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Quote: You is plural / formal polite; Well, it's the second person objective plural. The second person nominative plural is ye. -- |
ReyBrujo
Moderator
January 2001
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Quote: No, it should be: Post thou thy desktop, because thine is for words that begin with a vowel sound. I believe the command+you order was used a lot in old English. Hmm... that makes sense. -- |
Evert
Member #794
November 2000
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Quote: Obviously it ended up out of favor altogether, and "you all" has taken the place of plural "you".
Are you sure? ``You all'' has a literal Dutch counter part (jullie allemaal) but the second person plural (jullie) never lost its meaning as second person plural. The addition `all' here simply adds emphasis. X-G: do you happen to know more old English grammer like that? I'd love to know more... I've been trying to find out some old Dutch grammer as well, but it seems hard to come by. |
ReyBrujo
Moderator
January 2001
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Second person plural in Argentina (and I believe South America as a whole) is deprecated by a mixture between the formal second singular person subject and the third plural person verb. Hmm... roleplaying a medival dwarf my vocabulary is basically "Ye are thy own enemy", "Don't make me kill thee", etc. A ranger uses a broader range, with things like "Thou art my enemy", "Thou shalt appraise it better", and all that. -- |
Kid Russia
Member #5,148
October 2004
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Actually, it's the bear from Bo Selecta! (An English comedy show, very twisted). Sometimes I don't know whether to kick the mone or check the conee, I flew like a rubber dingy thats right |
Ultio
Member #1,336
April 2001
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ReyBrujo: DAI fan, I see? Where'd you snag that image? --- |
ReyBrujo
Moderator
January 2001
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I like them indeed. I picked it from somewhere the net a year ago, could not say exactly where though. -- |
flares
Member #3,463
April 2003
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here's mine, the baby is my kid. [nonnus29]Plus the api is crap ... I'd rather chew broken glass then code with those. |
aquasync
Member #3,964
October 2003
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TWM is teh ultimate! |
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