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Post by offramp on Jun 7, 2019 5:50:16 GMT
Here is a quote from Le Rouge et le Noir by Stendhal, published in 1830.
Make of this what you will.
I'd appreciate interpretations on it.
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Post by offramp on Jun 7, 2019 15:18:44 GMT
"All I know is, that everybody uses the second person singular. This servant, for instance, will go and meet M. Valenod there, and the haughty prig will not be a bit offended at hearing himself addressed by Saint-Jean in that familiar way, and will answer him in the same way... The English is a bit clumsy here because we no longer use the 2nd person singular: thee or thou.
The French is clearer:
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