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Topic	Isn't is a weird contraction
adjl 11/24/19 11:43:11 AM #24:	MrMelodramatic posted... faramir77 posted... Contractions in general are strange. We're shortening common expressions to save syllables. Isn't is just a particularly strange contraction. While we're at it, it's strange that English doesn't have a plural second person pronoun. The closest we have to one is "y'all", interestingly both a plural second person pronoun and a contraction, but whenever someone says "y'all" they get shit on for having lazy English. We do. You. The single subject pronoun is thou. Yep. It's just very much fallen out of use. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:930623648] in Isn't is a... [t:78191378]...</cite> <quote>MrMelodramatic posted...</cite> <quote>faramir77 posted...</cite> <quote>Contractions in general are strange. We're shortening common expressions to save syllables. Isn't is just a particularly strange contraction. While we're at it, it's strange that English doesn't have a plural second person pronoun. The closest we have to one is "y'all", interestingly both a plural second person pronoun and a contraction, but whenever someone says "y'all" they get shit on for having lazy English.</quote> We do. You. The single subject pronoun is thou.</quote> Yep. It's just very much fallen out of use. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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