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JumpCrisscross
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English used to have a perfectly fine 'thou'
Thou was second-person singular. Y’all is second-person plural.
mkl
27 days ago
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"You" used to be the second person plural, as a counterpart to "thou".
eru
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Exactly. And y'all had to be invented, because 'you' became ambiguous.
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Thou was second-person singular. Y’all is second-person plural.