• notreallyhere@lemmy.world
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    1 个月前

    it genuinely causes confusion though, someone told me “they” (a different person), were going to be there early and I was like “they’re all going to come early?!”

    • rbos@lemmy.ca
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      1 个月前

      ‘You’ has a similar ambiguity, being a plural word originally, but most people muddle through that.

      I do think we should bring back thee/thy/thou as singular, but whatever.

      • teft@piefed.social
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        1 个月前

        This is one area where spanish is better. They have tu, vos, and usted (depending on formality) for singular you and they have ustedes and vosotros for you guys.