[Cyborg] [Space] get-togethers?

Anthony Di Franco di.franco at aya.yale.edu
Tue Jul 2 17:58:33 UTC 2013


Thou churlish, surly knave: we speak of ale, bulshytt, and friendship, not
grammatical archaism and pedantry!


On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Shannon Lee <shannon at scatter.com> wrote:

> From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thou
>
> Originally, *thou* was simply the singular counterpart to the plural
>> pronoun *ye <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_(pronoun)>*, derived from
>> an ancient Indo-European<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language> root.
>> Following a process found in other Indo-European languages, *thou* was
>> later used to express intimacy, familiarity or even disrespect, while
>> another pronoun, *you*, the oblique/objective form of *ye*, was used for
>> formal circumstances (see T–V distinction<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%E2%80%93V_distinction>).
>> In the 17th century, *thou* fell into disuse in the standard language
>> but persisted, sometimes in altered form, in regional dialects<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dialects_of_the_English_language#Europe>
>>  of England <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England> and Scotland<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland>
>> ,[3] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thou#cite_note-3> as well as in the
>> language of such religious groups as the Society of Friends<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_Society_of_Friends>.
>> Early English translations of the Bible<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible>
>>  used *thou* and never *you* as the singular second-person pronoun, with
>> the double effect of maintaining *thou* in usage and also imbuing it
>> with an air of religious solemnity that is antithetical to its former sense
>> of familiarity or disrespect.[2]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thou#cite_note-Pressley-2> The
>> use of the pronoun was also common in poetry.
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Mikolaj Habryn <dichro at rcpt.to> wrote:
>
>> [citation needed]
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Shannon Lee <shannon at scatter.com> wrote:
>> > "You" *is* the second person plural in English, "Thou" is the singular.
>>  We
>> > just, you know, dynamic living language &c &c.
>> >
>> > --S
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Rachel McConnell <rachel at xtreme.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> And I. (To be pedantically grammatically correct.)
>> >>
>> >> -Rachel
>> >>
>> >> On Jul 2, 2013, at 10:23 AM, Mikolaj Habryn <dichro at rcpt.to> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Me! 8pm, Sycamore. Also, you. Y'all. English really needs a better
>> >> > second-person plural.
>> >> >
>> >> > m.
>> >> >
>> >> > On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Anthony Di Franco <
>> di.franco at gmail.com>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >> Is anyone else showing up Tuesday-evening-wise i.e. tonight as per
>> part
>> >> >> of
>> >> >> this suggestion?
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Jonathan Moore <moore at eds.org>
>> wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I would love to get together as well. Monday or Tuesday would work
>> >> >>> best
>> >> >>> for me. The Sicamore ( sp? ) across from nb is where I usually end
>> up
>> >> >>> in the
>> >> >>> mission when I want a drink but I am up for what ever.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> On Jun 29, 2013 2:53 AM, "Mikolaj Habryn" <dichro at rcpt.to> wrote:
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> Then let there be space-cyborgs! Is pride dominating everyone's
>> >> >>>> schedule
>> >> >>>> this weekend or is Saturday afternoon all lonely? What's the
>> >> >>>> artist-hacker's
>> >> >>>> choice of watering hole in the mission these gentrified days?
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> m.
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> Sent from my jeejah.
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> On Jun 28, 2013 5:17 PM, "Sam Tepper" <sam.tepper at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>> I don't really know any of you, but I wouldn't mind reminiscing
>> and
>> >> >>>>> talking about cyborgs, or whatnot, and beer.
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>> On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Rachel McConnell
>> >> >>>>> <rachel at xtreme.com>
>> >> >>>>> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>> I don't know about any Events but *I* would love to see you!
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>> -Rachel1.0
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>> On Jun 28, 2013, at 6:37 AM, Mikolaj Habryn <dichro at rcpt.to>
>> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>> Hi folks! I'm back in town for a while from tonight. Are there
>> >> >>>>>>> interesting things planned over the next couple of weeks? Want
>> to
>> >> >>>>>>> reminisce over a beer?
>> >> >>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>> m.
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>> >
>> > --
>> > Shannon Lee
>> > (503) 539-3700
>> >
>> > "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
>>
>
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>
> --
> Shannon Lee
> (503) 539-3700
>
> "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
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