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Please... if you're going to attempt to speak in "old" english THOU is the subject (Thou art...) THEE is the object (I look at thee) THY is for words beginning in a consonant (Thy dog) THINE is for words beginning in a vowel (Thine eyes) this has been a psa #langblr #language #polyglot #mine #i know this is early modern english and not old english leave me alone #this is a big pet peeve of mine 18.892 notes > – popular memes on the site ifunny.co Funny School Stories, School Stories, Books And Tea, Writing Things, Story Prompts, Funny School, English Writing, Book Writing Tips, Writers Block
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Please... if you're going to attempt to speak in "old" english THOU is the subject (Thou art...) THEE is the object (I look at thee) THY is for words beginning in a consonant (Thy dog) THINE is for…

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Christian scholars in early medieval W Eur might not have been able to read Greek & Hebrew, but were aware of their importance as original languages of the Bible. Scribes attempted to copy these alphabets. ex: 11th-century compilation of scientific works by writers such as H Maurus & Isidore of Seville. This scribe copied approximations of the Greek & Hebrew alphabets, with the letter names in Latin, but apparently didn’t understand them, as the two alphabets are mixed up with each other. France Project, Psalm 50, Roman Alphabet, Ancient Alphabets, Runic Alphabet, Letter Names, Medieval England, Hebrew Alphabet, Sign System
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The exhibition Writing: Making Your Mark, exploring 5,000 years of writing across the globe, is on at the British Library until 27 August. But how many different ways of writing were there? The manuscripts digitised for The Polonsky Foundation England and France Project were mostly written in medieval Latin, English...

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