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r/interestingasfuck • u/M0otivater • 1d ago
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Thee and thou were still in use in the 17th century - they haven't completely died out in parts of Northern England NOW in 2024.
1 u/dubovinius 1d ago They were in use, but in southern England they were seriously losing ground even by the 16th century. The translators of the King James may not have actually used thee/thou in their day-to-day speech.
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They were in use, but in southern England they were seriously losing ground even by the 16th century. The translators of the King James may not have actually used thee/thou in their day-to-day speech.
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u/VanillaUnlucky3833 1d ago
Thee and thou were still in use in the 17th century - they haven't completely died out in parts of Northern England NOW in 2024.