PugJesus@piefed.social to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoVerily, I shake mine headmedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up1368arrow-down19
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minus-squareegrets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 days agoI’m not a linguist, and the timeline here is vague, but two things: We’re in the second-person singular, so “dost”, not “doth” Using the auxiliary verb (“do-support”) is a fairly modern construct at least in written English; “hatest thou” would be more likely.
I’m not a linguist, and the timeline here is vague, but two things: