Do you want to get on my nerves?

[MGKrebs]

Here's your chance.

Use the word "thee".

I mean, wtf is up with that? It's 2007 fer chrissakes. And this is GD-Politics, not the Middle Earth Forum. Or do we have a lot of Wiccans posting in here? And even if so, does the Wiccan handbook say you have to type Old English words into your computer when posting to the internet? And aside from DragonCon attendees and gamers, we had gotten to the point where the only place you saw those words were in religious ceremonies and texts and the odd historical movie or book. Which is where they belong. The language has evolved. Embrace it.

And how come we never see "thou"? Or "thence"? Or "whence"? I mean, if you're going to go down this road, at least give us some variety. But be careful of that slippery slope... What's next? Big buckles on our shoes? Men wearing exposed hosiery?

It's bad enough we have to put up with our government rejecting science and technology, but we don't have to fall into the psychology trap they are creating and revert to 400 year old speech patterns. Resist! Chrome on your car is OK! Electricity makes a lot of things possible! There are other fabrics besides wool!

Now back to my coffee.

[youthere]

1. Wow...sounds like it truly vexes thee.

[annabanana]

2. Get thee hence, thou craven knave !

'zounds.

[MGKrebs]

3. Yes! Yes! Give me more!

Maybe I can inoculate myself with enough exposure!

[liberal N proud]

4. Thee never desires to tread on thou's nerves

I don't even know if I wrote that correctly
I never want to get on your nerves or anyone else's for that matter.

[youthere]

5. Dost thee realize that remarks containing "thee" are forthcoming?

[annabanana]

6. Hi "theethere!"

:hi:

[MGKrebs]

9. Yes of course. But hopefully a couple of things could happen.

Posts like yours will encourage more posters to more fully use the phraseology, lessening the jarring impact of the random word or short phrase thrown into the middle of an otherwise modern English thread.

Or,

everyone gets this out of their system and we get back to living, breathing, modern English.

Or,

I become immune to the irritation from extensive exposure.

Or,

After a few minutes of hilarity and some more coffee, we all go back to our regularly scheduled activities.

[rosesaylavee]

7. Methinks thou dost protest too much.

:hi:

[Honeycombe8]

19. LOL. Methinks I agree with thee. n/t

[JohnnyLib2]

8. Got a deal for "ya."

I'll join forces if you add the much-used "f***" to your list. It has some link to that era as well.

[MGKrebs]

11. A worthy request.

However, would we also have to ban "wtf"?

[sufrommich]

10. If it makes you feel any better,I feel the

same way about"methinks".I have no real explanation as to why,it just bugs the shit out of me.

[annabanana]

12. Methinks thou art over burdened with melacholy. . . n/t

[sufrommich]

13. lol! nt

[MGKrebs]

14. lol! Yeah, that's another one!

[smalll]

28. You have it - the "methinks" stuff is the WORST. /nt

[Berry Cool]

15. Get thee to a nunnery. n/t

[Stuckinthebush]

16. You want to get on my nerves?

Use "prolly" for "probably"

Oh! Oh! Even worse, use the wrong pronoun to describe yourself when you are discussing some action attributed to you and another person. Then put the pronoun describing yourself in front of the pronoun describing the other person.

"Me and Bobby went to the Democratic debate last night."


:D

[sufrommich]

17. "would of" instead of "would have".Just saying. nt

[Vickers]

18. My bad. Know what I'm sayin'?

:P

[Honeycombe8]

20. Yeah, baby. Cool. I hear ya. n/t

[goodgd_yall]

36. And I feelya n/t

[MGKrebs]

22. Jeez I hate that too.

How did that crappy thing get started?

[Vickers]

23. I have NO idea. I told my kids if I ever hear them saying "my bad"

I'm gonna take them to the bus stop in my boxers.

They know I'll do it, too.

[Honeycombe8]

26. Unfortunately, I tend to say that. Can't break the habit. Rehab time? n/t

[MGKrebs]

31. Nah. It's more like a rash.

External conditions can cause a temporary reaction. Hopefully it will pass!

[DemBones DemBones]

21. Quakers use "thee" and "thou," but among themselves.

I haven't seen anyone using "thee" here. But a lot of people are using "per say" when they mean "per se." 'Tis Latin and sounds like "per say" but is spelled "per se." A tip from an old Latin scholar. :hippie:

And what's up with the media saying "He pleaded 'Guilty' " instead of "He pled 'Guilty' "? Is that acceptable usage now?

[mlevans]

39. Actually...

hardly any of us do any more. I'm a birthright Friend, past my half-century mark, and that really was more my grandparents' generation. Nowadays if you hear Quakers using the plain speech, more often than not they are just goofing around. Or possibly hooked either on the King James Bible or Tolkien.

[NoPasaran]

24. Wouldst thou provide a link?

Pray, where hast there been an infestation of ye foul "thee"?

[Jillian]

25. What gets on my nerves are people who try to tell me what I can or cannot say.

[denem]

27. Get thee to Hillary n/t

[illinoisprogressive]

29. Methinks thee is cranky

[Lydia Leftcoast]

30. Zounds, who hath used "thee" in thy presence?

Art thou spending too much time in ye company of SCA members?

[Pyrzqxgl]

32. as a fellow left coaster, down at the hot end

I object to people, particularly advertisers & media people who tell me I live in "Sanny Eggo". I even heard national news people (during our 15 minutes
of fire fame) mispronouncing San Diego (thats Dee Ay Go).

[goodgd_yall]

37. How about Sanna-zay or Sacamenna?

What we have to endure, we residents of Spanish-named towns.

[2rth2pwr]

33. Thee. nt

[goodgd_yall]

34. Thou dost protesteth too much n/t

[goodgd_yall]

35. Whence doth come thy vituperation? Caffeine?

(Had to add another post when I saw I was duplicating someone else's.)

[lunatica]

38. At least it isn't Chaucer's middle english..

The Knight's Tale

http://www.librarius.com/canttran/gptrfs.htm

A KNYGHT ther was, and that a worthy man,
That fro the tyme that he first bigan
To riden out, he loved chivalrie,
Trouthe and honour, fredom and curteisie.
Ful worthy was he in his lordes werre,
And therto hadde he riden, no man ferre,
As wel in cristendom as in hethenesse,
And evere honoured for his worthynesse.



:silly: :wtf: :shrug:

[youthere]

40. *raises hand* I'm all for men wearing exposed hosiery.

I think it's kind of hot.

[GreenArrow]

41. the one that gets on my nerves is "pwned"

Giveth me ye olde english any day.