Re: Redneck step of the day...

[Leslie Turriff <jlturriff -at- centurytel -dot- net>]

On Thursday 17 December 2009 18:04:10 Boudreaux, Madelyn (GE Healthcare, 
consultant) wrote:
[snip]
> MY question is, why did English not develop a word so obviously needed
> that every region has its version or the word, and they are all
> considered improper?
>
> Sincerely,
> Madelyn Boudreaux

	If I remember correctly, Ye Olde English (e.g. Elisabethan and before) had 
separate words for singular and plural pronouns, much like French and German 
still do, but these were dropped as the language became more modernized and 
streamlined.  Now these ambiguities are being corrected once more, and may 
eventually even become "standard" usage.

Leslie
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