English *there*

[John Cowan <cowan@locke.ccil.org>]

It seems from perusing the Kernu Grammar that English *there* is
a tad archaic by the standards of *here*, which is not too surprising.
In particular, "thou" and "thee" have been preserved, though their
matching verb forms have been assimilated to the regular form:
"thou were", "thou have", and presumably "thou are".  The collapse
of "ye" into "you" appears to be complete, however.

Anybody else noticed effects on the tongue of the Angles?

-- 
John Cowan	http://www.ccil.org/~cowan		cowan@ccil.org
	You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
	You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
		Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)