Re: [Phys-l] OT Re: "Unlearning"

[brian whatcott <betwys1@sbcglobal.net>]

 ...or if not nominative plural 2nd person, then likely
dative plural 2nd person imperative.... :-)

Brian W

On 9/11/2010 5:04 PM, Ken Caviness wrote:
> /snip/ it looks like a clear case for the plural nominative 2nd person, so "ye" is correct.
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> Ken Caviness
> Full-time physics teacher and part-time amateur linguist
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> From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu [mailto:phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf Of John Clement
> Sent: Saturday, 11 September 2010 11:21 AM
> To: betwys1@sbcglobal.net; 'Forum for Physics Educators'
> Subject: Re: [Phys-l] OT Re: "Unlearni
> > Another good one for Bob's consideration: "Hear ye, hear ye" - a fine
> > archaic English phrase....     :-)
> There is a distinct possibility that the original was Hear thee.  The old English thorn, a Y with a dot, was prounounced as th, and has been misinterpreted later as a Y.  Then maybe not.
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> John M. Clement
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