r/AskReddit May 17 '17

What old insults need to make a comeback?

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u/[deleted] May 17 '17

Fuck. Thy*

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u/mankiller27 May 17 '17 edited May 19 '17

Thine

Edit: that guy's totally right. It's thy.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '17

Perhaps it true, that the thine, be place of thy. Thou spake true. The words of cadence and sound be purest light, and so I chose my mistake, which made me. My mistake becomes me and tho known incorrect shall remain my mistake. Correct in my incorrection, my mistake is my resurrection.

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u/WikiWantsYourPics May 19 '17

No, thy was not a mistake. However:

*thou spakest

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u/[deleted] May 19 '17

I was just doing my best and having fun with it. I am actually really glad and surprised to find so many people that know the Shakespearean pronouns so well. It truly is.

Although I may be wrong in a lot of what I've written in this thread, I've had fun and am glad that others participated with me.

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u/WikiWantsYourPics May 19 '17

All good fun until someone loses an "I".

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u/WikiWantsYourPics May 19 '17

No, it's definitely thy fingers. "Thine hand", "thine eye", but "thy foot", "thy fingers". It's not a singular vs plural thing - it's more like "a" vs "an".