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Comment by hajile

Both of these issues come because our ancestors messed up changing the language.

Centuries ago, "thou" was singular second person and "you" was plural second person.

"Thou" got abandoned and "you" lost its original meaning to replace "thou" as the new singular second person.

"You guys" or "y'all" are simply attempts to re-introduce a needed pronoun.

parent hajile 5 days ago

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