From: utzoo!decvax!watmath!djmdavies Newsgroups: net.followup Title: Re: English Language, et al Article-I.D.: watmath.2399 Posted: Thu May 13 21:09:44 1982 Received: Fri May 14 05:23:45 1982 References: utcsstat.128 A few centuries ago, 'you' had much the same role as 'vous' in French now: namely for plural 'you' and as an address for social superiors. (Well not exactly the same as 'vous' I suppose.) 'Thee' etc was/is the singular form, for social 'equals', intimates, and inferiors. Leaving out the social status aspect, maybe thee/thy/thou should be revived?? Julian Davies