Interesting read but also handy to keep around if you find someone complaining about how pronouns aren't what they used to be.
Which word would you use to refer to yourself? "I", presumably, in the singular. And how about you and a group of people? "We", of course, in the plural.
But how about you and one other person?
In modern English, there is no word for that. You would probably just use "we" or "the two of us".
But more than 1,000 years ago, you would have said: "wit".
Interesting read but also handy to keep around if you find someone complaining about how pronouns aren't what they used to be.
Reminds me of what I did with one of my conlangs. One of them has no "singular" form, only dual and plural. So if you want to say "I", what you're actually saying is "we (dual, exclusive). When...
Reminds me of what I did with one of my conlangs.
One of them has no "singular" form, only dual and plural. So if you want to say "I", what you're actually saying is "we (dual, exclusive). When you say "us two", you're actually saying "we (dual, inclusive)". And then, in plural, there's a "we are ____, yourself included" and a "we are _____, yourself not included".
Ah. That's interesting - I searched for the url and got no results so assumed it hadn't been posted. Feel free to delete this post then. edit: is this how I find out that searching for urls isn't...
Ah. That's interesting - I searched for the url and got no results so assumed it hadn't been posted.
Looks like cfabbro arrived via a .com link, and you via a .co.uk link. And only the original poster or Deimos can delete posts. My hands are tied in that regard.
Looks like cfabbro arrived via a .com link, and you via a .co.uk link. And only the original poster or Deimos can delete posts. My hands are tied in that regard.
My post doesn't show when searching for the .co.uk and cfabbro's doesn't show when searching for the .com. Ideally a slightly fuzzed match should show both posts for either search anyway. Also I...
My post doesn't show when searching for the .co.uk and cfabbro's doesn't show when searching for the .com. Ideally a slightly fuzzed match should show both posts for either search anyway.
Also I wasn't aware you can't delete things, thanks for the heads up.
Interesting, I’ve only seen git used pejoratively, never as meaning “you two”. I probably first heard it from Monty Python, they used it a lot in skits to roughly mean “twit”.
Interesting, I’ve only seen git used pejoratively, never as meaning “you two”.
I probably first heard it from Monty Python, they used it a lot in skits to roughly mean “twit”.
Yeah, it's funny how the word stuck around but totally changed meaning. In British English 'git' is a low-grade not-quite-swear-word, probably about the same as 'jerk' in US English. It's the kind...
Yeah, it's funny how the word stuck around but totally changed meaning. In British English 'git' is a low-grade not-quite-swear-word, probably about the same as 'jerk' in US English. It's the kind of word you'd hear on daytime TV.
It only just occurred to me that probably nobody in 1967 America noticed The Monkees having a record called Randy Scouse Git (RCA UK definitely did though)
Interesting read but also handy to keep around if you find someone complaining about how pronouns aren't what they used to be.
Reminds me of what I did with one of my conlangs.
One of them has no "singular" form, only dual and plural. So if you want to say "I", what you're actually saying is "we (dual, exclusive). When you say "us two", you're actually saying "we (dual, inclusive)". And then, in plural, there's a "we are ____, yourself included" and a "we are _____, yourself not included".
Previous discussions can be found here.
Ah. That's interesting - I searched for the url and got no results so assumed it hadn't been posted.
Feel free to delete this post then.
edit: is this how I find out that searching for urls isn't how we're supposed to do it?
Don't delete it, new convos can happen :)
Looks like cfabbro arrived via a .com link, and you via a .co.uk link. And only the original poster or Deimos can delete posts. My hands are tied in that regard.
My post doesn't show when searching for the .co.uk and cfabbro's doesn't show when searching for the .com. Ideally a slightly fuzzed match should show both posts for either search anyway.
Also I wasn't aware you can't delete things, thanks for the heads up.
Interesting, I’ve only seen git used pejoratively, never as meaning “you two”.
I probably first heard it from Monty Python, they used it a lot in skits to roughly mean “twit”.
Yeah, it's funny how the word stuck around but totally changed meaning. In British English 'git' is a low-grade not-quite-swear-word, probably about the same as 'jerk' in US English. It's the kind of word you'd hear on daytime TV.
It only just occurred to me that probably nobody in 1967 America noticed The Monkees having a record called Randy Scouse Git (RCA UK definitely did though)