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panarky
on Dec 24, 2023
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Did English ever have a formal version of "you"? (...
You might be thinking of Hemingway's novelization of his experience supporting antifascists in the Spanish Civil War, "For Whom the Bell Tolls".
He uses "thee" and "thou" to simulate the informal Spanish "tú".
calvinmorrison
on Dec 25, 2023
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Yes. That is the one! Good to read both
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He uses "thee" and "thou" to simulate the informal Spanish "tú".