Wikipedia has a mind-numbingly thorough discussion of what linguists call T-V, the use of different second-person pronouns to reflect social status, age, wealth, power, etc. One of the reasons I rejoice in being born into the English language is that English gave up all that thou/thee/you/ye junk centuries ago.
Wikipedia has a mind-numbingly thorough discussion of what linguists call T-V, the use of different second-person pronouns to reflect social status, age, wealth, power, etc. One of the reasons I rejoice in being born into the English language is that English gave up all that thou/thee/you/ye junk centuries ago.