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. 

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