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Thread #53749   Message #828913
Posted By: Steve Parkes
18-Nov-02 - 09:35 AM
Thread Name: BS: UK dialect help
Subject: RE: BS: UK dialect help
"Thou" and "thee" almost died out in the Back Country (English Midlands) before the end of the 20th century, but you still find the occasional old 'un saying "do'[n't] let it be so long before I see thee". The complexities of "thou'thee" seem to be beyond a lot of folks these days, even the ones who don't have trouble with "I/me". I'm afraid if I ever had to spend time with quakers who said "the" all the time (when they should say "thou") I'd become offensive ...

Steve