At 11:20 AM 9/25/2007, Veit, Richard wrote: >By the way, didn't a similar socio-political thing happen a few >centuries back with plural "you" becoming singular as a polite >alternative to singular "thou"? It proved so successful that it >drove thou/thee from the language. DD: If you all say so. To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/