cm0002@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agoAnd Lo, The Cat Did Hungerlemmy.mlimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1245arrow-down16
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minus-squareVicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoIf a human writer was behind this using a medieval flair, I would have used “thine” or “thy”. The “mine” is too close to the German “mein”. Unless the writer was doing a German renaissance thing.
minus-squaremobotsar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 month agoWell “mine” is correct in English in e.g. “mine eyes” because “eyes” starts with a vowel sound. I don’t see any opportunity to use second-person pronouns like thine and thy in this passage; where would you have put those?
minus-squareVicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 month agoI stand corrected then. Grammar is not my strong suit.
If a human writer was behind this using a medieval flair, I would have used “thine” or “thy”.
The “mine” is too close to the German “mein”. Unless the writer was doing a German renaissance thing.
Well “mine” is correct in English in e.g. “mine eyes” because “eyes” starts with a vowel sound. I don’t see any opportunity to use second-person pronouns like thine and thy in this passage; where would you have put those?
I stand corrected then. Grammar is not my strong suit.