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Posted by eigenspace 11 hours ago

Wit, unker, Git: The lost medieval pronouns of English intimacy(www.bbc.com)
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mohsen1 8 hours ago||
If you're interested in history of English, I'd highly recommend the History of English podcast. https://historyofenglishpodcast.com
shrubby 7 hours ago||
youtwo commit -m "Refactoring translations"
pimlottc 7 hours ago|
Pair programming are wit?
LAC-Tech 8 hours ago|
Another fun pronoun distinction I have seen is having two forms of "we" - one including the person you are talking to, and one excluding them.

(To clarify this was in Hokkien, not Anglo-Saxon).

FarmerPotato 13 minutes ago||
One way to say this is "present company excluded" as when saying: culpability is general in the population, but not to accuse those you're speaking to.
postepowanieadm 8 hours ago||
Like "us but not you"? That's mean.
kzrdude 2 hours ago|||
We already use this with "we", it's just not clear from the word if 'you' are included or not. Example: "We had eggs for breakfast".
shermantanktop 6 hours ago||||
Not when you’re delivering an insult to everyone present.
LAC-Tech 7 hours ago|||
Yeah it iw called the exclusive form lol.

But if you think about it seems normal... "we went to the city" is not really mean.