Episode 149: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
The History of English Podcast
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Tyndall's Influence on Modern English
In middle english, there were many different forms of the word you. The traditional distinction between ye and so was an alternate form of u. tyndall's language and influence was so strong that the authors of king james's bible often chose to maintain his pronoun forms. Today if you tell a group of people to eat, drink and be merry, you're using a phrase coined by tindale in his translation of the book of luke.
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