Questions about the english language

[Cort Haus]

It's "djoke".

That is all.

[SlowwHand]

I have trouble with Thee/Thy/Thine/Thou.

[Barnabas]

Originally posted by Japher
t's and r's never sound the same in english...

I said it sounds like a spanish r not an english r (but sometimes like a spanish d d)

I searched for examples on youtube

Bring your daughter to the slaughter, the t sounds like a spanish r to me




What I mean is if pronouncing t´s always like in towards is wrong

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
I have trouble with Thee/Thy/Thine/Thou.

"Thee" is the objective form.
A dog must walk with thee.

"Thy" is possessive.
Thou shouldst walk with thy dog.

"Thine" in a possessive pronoun.
The dog is thine.

"Thou" in the nominative form.
Thou and thy dog make a lovely pair.

Outside of the Bible and the movie [i]Witness[/], no English-speaking person has used the second person familiar in a couple of hundred years.

[SlowwHand]

Originally posted by Zkribbler


"Thee" is the objective form.
A dog must walk with thee.

"Thy" is possessive.
Thou shouldst walk with thy dog.

"Thine" in a possessive pronoun.
The dog is thine.

"Thou" in the nominative form.
Thou and thy dog make a lovely pair.

Outside of the Bible and the movie [i]Witness[/], no English-speaking person has used the second person familiar in a couple of hundred years.

I can't even describe how disgusting it is that you posted that, Zk. You have too much time on your hands if you study that kind of old crap. It's sad. I hurt for you.

[Japher]

What I mean is if pronouncing t´s always like in towards is wrong

Yes.

I know some "Mexican", and I still don't think t and spanish r sounds the same. I think the ght in slaughter and daughter make the t really soft, in that song it is even more soft because of the British slant to it.

The word "little"; in my english (california country) you would prounce one "t", meaning you wouldn't say lit-tle but Lit-ewl or Lit-uel. The tt can also be prounced really soft so that it almost sounds like a d.

Hope that helps. Check out Spin Doctor's "Little Miss" on you tube.

[Japher]

can't even describe how disgusting it is that you posted that, Zk. You have too much time on your hands if you study that kind of old crap. It's sad. I hurt for you.

what's worse is I still don't understand the difference

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by SlowwHand

I can't even describe how disgusting it is that you posted that, Zk. You have too much time on your hands if you study that kind of old crap. It's sad. I hurt for you.

Let this be a lesson to all of you who aren't interested in sports. This is what happens to your brain. It fills up with all kinds of useless crap instead of interesting stuff like batting averages, field goal percentages, and time spent in the penalty box.

[Seeker]

I studied Old English for 2 years....but I lack the runic fonts to show you when english had genitive nominative accusative and dative cases....

[Japher]

I lack the runic fonts to show you when english had genitive nominative accusative and dative cases

thank god

this is a family site afterall

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Seeker
I studied Ye Olde English for 2 years....

Fixed

[Barnabas]

I understood everything but "shouldst" what is that shouldnt? soemthing like "really should"...?

[Japher]

shouldst? where did you see that?

[Barnabas]

Thou shouldst walk with thy dog

[Japher]

it's not a word

zkrib's an idiot