First name addressing = same house

sylviablundell2001 sylviablundell at aol.com
Sun Nov 9 13:03:00 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 84435

The use of "thou", though dying out in Yorkshire, is still found 
among older people.  It is pronounced "tha" eg. "Tha knows its time 
for bed".  There doesnt seem to be any social connotation.  People 
who still say "thou" use it to anyone they are speaking to, family, 
friends, children, borough surveyors, the Queen, anyone. Shame its 
dying out.
Sylvia





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