You, yoo, and yu
How do you know you are out of shape? Perhaps when you seriously consider bringing oxygen canisters the next time you play in an ultra casual dodgeball game.
The SO and I were talking last night, and as she's apt to do, her random thought of the night was that the word "you" needs more variations.
As we got to discussing this, I realized that I often clarified my use of the word by saying things like "you, in the global sense" or a less eloquent "you, as in not you, but a generic you", and of course there's the default you as in, "person I am currently engaged in conversation with".
Therefore, although I have not discussed the specifics with SO, I propose we differentiate you as we do too/to/two. I'm going to suggest "you" for actual you, "yoo" for a global you, and "yu" for an abstract generic you.
I'm expecting this Very Important Issue™ will last about a week before I forget about it. I'm also expecting that, in a few years, when my readership climbs to the double digits, that I will get lambasted by some linguistics enthusiast.
The sad thing is the amount
The sad thing is the amount of english classes I took. This is what I mean when I talk about blog posts coming back to haunt you.
Hear hear. This is indeed a
Hear hear.
This is indeed a VII(tm) that has stymied the best of linguists for ages.
One could use one, however it's a little pretentious and cold.
As for me, I try to avoid the impersonal one but have discovered that it is like a face you keep encountering in the streets and can't always avoid bowing to. - EB White
Even scarier is the assimilation of the singular (thou) and plural (ye) second person pronouns into the already overworked you.
Any way you look at it, you's a bitch.
Dude. SO. WTF? Talking about
Dude. SO. WTF?
Talking about get lambasted by some linguistics enthusiast :)