Teach Thyselfe Olde Englishe?
Why should anyone bother with such an archaic concept? Well, some may just be curious but there are occasions when the switch from ‘thou’ to ‘you’ is quite significant.
This is a little article I created a few years back. If you read it through you will be able to show off to your friends by explaining why the sign which declares...
Ye Olde Coffee Shoppe
is inaccurate. But if you read further you may find Olde Englishe can hold the key to some real gems of revelation.
Teach Thyselfe Olde Englishe
And, following on from the close and personal use of God's proper name, 'Thee' and 'thou' are not so grand as you might think and speak of an intimacy that we have lost in the modern usage of the word 'you'.
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