• auth@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    Cant “you” still be used to mean many people? “do you all” “you guys” etc…

    Also, there’s a lot of Shakespeare speech that is kind of incomprehensible today.

    • Not_Leader@kbin.social
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      11 months ago

      Also, there’s a lot of Shakespeare speech that is kind of incomprehensible today.

      yeah like thou for the second person singular is pretty odd… wait a second

    • explodicle@local106.comEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I don’t think anyone is suggesting that we eliminate the plural “they”, either.

      If Shakespeare’s English is too hard to comprehend today, then we can make it easier by switching one part back. It also proves that they’re ;-) not just trying to sound more important or whatever transphobic bs.