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Re:The Awful German Language (1880) by escherplex on Friday October 05, 2018 @08:23PM (#18152771)
If referring to phonetics then thee would be for emphasis to a construed subordinate with thuh used generally. Really idiosyncratic.

If referring to written words then use thee if you find yourself in Pennsylvania Dutch country trying to hail a horse drawn taxi or thuh if trying to play dumb while text messaging.

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Re:The Awful German Language (1880) by Koshkin on Friday October 05, 2018 @08:33PM (#18152798)
Well, IIRC the "official" rule is that 'thee' is to be used before a vowel and 'thuh' before a consonant.
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Re:The Awful German Language (1880) by escherplex on Friday October 05, 2018 @08:52PM (#18152852)
True. The above was just for fun. But colloquial English these days behaves as if rules are to be made up as you go along. EG, locally I hear 'I'm going to thee Applebees Bar & Grill' as often as 'I'm going to thuh', but then again there isn't an abundance of Rhodes scholars in this neck of the woods.
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