[Magdalen] Nadia Bolz-Weber

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Dare we simply say "all of you" -- ? That's not even rare usage or archaic
or folkspeak.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 7:31 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> We in the USA have several ways around it,
> there's y'all and y'all y'all
> there's you guys (our local usage)
> and youze guys.
>
> But it's an ongoing issue.
> -M
>
> On Thursday, September 17, 2015, Roger Stokes <
> roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On 17/09/2015 21:57, ME Michaud wrote:
> >
> >> I love my language, our beautiful native English,
> >> but I hate the fact that the singular you and the plural you
> >> are so easily confused :-(
> >>
> >
> > Do we need to go back to "thou" and "ye"?  The laugh in that is that some
> > regard addressing God as "thou" is more respectful than saying "you",
> > totally missing the fact that using the second person singular (thou) is
> > unambiguously more intimate, the way you would address a child or close
> > family member whereas you would use the plural form (ye) for a
> > superordinate.
> >
> > Roger
> >
>