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Jacob Grier
Jacob Grier

@Jake · Apr 13

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On the death of "wit" and other lost English pronouns.

Wit, unker, git: The lost medieval pronouns of English intimacy

Wit, unker, git: The lost medieval pronouns of English intimacy

Tales of love and adventure from 1,000 years ago reveal a dazzling range of now-extinct English pronouns. They capture something unique about how people once thought about "two-ness".

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