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[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yesn't. Actually no.

The singular was thou for subject and thee for object and the plural was ye/you. In formal speech the plural was used and the subject pronoun was replaced by the object but I can't tell you in which order.

The þ-thing didn't effect the pronoun but some surnames and the article. I think some pubs have names like "ye old". They used to be "þe(=the) old" and have nothing to do with þe old pronoun, even tho it is written the same.

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

God rest ye merry gentleman is the "ye" example I like to think of.

[–] meep_launcher@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

Man Christmas dinner is gonna rock this year. Just like my mom will play dumb and look confused that I used "they" as a singular, I'm going to play dumb and look confused when she says "you". I see no downsides.