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Chivalry Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

A specific term

What's the right term to refer to those ancient Victorian-era pronouns such as "Thou" and some others(which I've clearly forgotten already)?

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Thee, thou, thy and thine are very pre-Victorian. They are (except for some peripheral dialects) Middle English pronouns. I know of no particular terms for them except 'archaic'.

— Mister Micawber

  • Thee, thou, thy and thine are very pre-Victorian.
  • They are (except for some peripheral dialects) Middle English pronouns.
  • I know of no particular terms for them except 'archaic'.
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Thee, thou, thy and thine are very pre-Victorian. They are (except for some peripheral dialects) Middle English pronouns. I know of no particular terms for them except 'archaic'.
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Mister MicawberThee, thou, thy and thine are very pre-Victorian. They are (except for some peripheral dialects) Middle English pronouns. I know of no particular terms for them except 'archaic'.
Archaic?
I'm sorry but I'm looking for a noun here though.

And I thought that you can only "refer to" an object matter/person with a NOUN?
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