On Friday 2004 July 16 19:23, MightyChimp wrote:
> Wouldn't it be pronounced like "thee". I think "Ye" or the concept of it
> is survived in modern American English as "You-all". It may also be
> derived from the German "Ihr", which is the plural form of you. The
> present English you is the same as du (common form) in German, the Thou is
> the same as Sie (formal polite form) and Ye and You-all is the same as
> Ihr.
>
> Euric
"Sie" is plural as is "you-all", which is more commonly spelled "y'all".
"Sie" is also used as the formal address to one person, but in Southern
English, that word is "you, suh" (spelled as two words but pronounced as one,
YOOsuh). One never addresses one person, even formally, as "y'all". That
would sound like someone "from off" trying to sound Southern.
Jim
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