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**** ''you all'' | **** ''you all'' | ||
**** ''you guys'' | **** ''you guys'' | ||
**** ''youse | **** ''youse'' (New York, Philadelphia dialects) | ||
**** ''you-uns'' or ''yinz'' (Appalachia, Ozarks regions dialects) | **** ''you-uns'' or ''yinz'' (Appalachia, Ozarks regions dialects) | ||
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=== Sources === | === Sources === | ||
* [https://allthedifferences.com/thee-vs-thou-vs-thy-vs-ye/ Thee vs. Thou vs. They vs. Ye (The Difference)] (from all the differences.com) | * [https://allthedifferences.com/thee-vs-thou-vs-thy-vs-ye/ Thee vs. Thou vs. They vs. Ye (The Difference)] (from all the differences.com) | ||
* [[wikipedia:Thou|Thou (wikipedia)]] | |||
* [[wikipedia:You#History|You (wikipedia)]] | * [[wikipedia:You#History|You (wikipedia)]] | ||
* [[wikipedia:Ye_(pronoun)|Ye (wikipedia)]] | * [[wikipedia:Ye_(pronoun)|Ye (wikipedia)]] | ||
== Ye as a definite article ("the") == | == Ye as a definite article ("the") == | ||
* "''Ye Olde Shoppe''" as a title or name of a place is used commonly | |||
** here, "''ye''" takes on the role of the definite article, "''the''" | |||
* the replacement of "ye" for "the" was the result of writing practices by early scribes | |||
** those scribes used the letter "thorn", an Old English character, to represent the "''e''" in "''ye''" | |||
*** but that "thorn" character was not available to early printers | |||
*** they used the letter "y" to represent the "''th''" sound in "''the''" | |||
*** thus, "''the''" was for a time written as "''ye''" (while pronounced "the") | |||
== You as generic (indeterminate) person == | |||
* "you" is commonly used synonymously as "one" to indicate a generic or indeterminate (not-specific) person | |||
** as in "''You should really think before acting''" as general advice, not to a particular person | |||
* also known as the "generic you" | |||
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