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Re:Audacity fork without any sentry telemetry or crash repor... by IncRnd on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @02:28AM (#27744848)
What is the royal you? You can be a 2nd person plural pronoun in addition to singular.
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Re:Audacity fork without any sentry telemetry or crash repor... by corobo on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @03:04AM (#27745034)
The royal you is me making up a phrase to mean "I'm using the word you to mean the reader, not you the person I am responding to"

I thought it was pretty obvious but yea you got me. Good point, well made.

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Re:Audacity fork without any sentry telemetry or crash repor... by bmn__ on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @04:22AM (#27745488)
Just write "you (plural)" next time to make yourself easily understood.
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Re:Audacity fork without any sentry telemetry or crash repor... by kbelder on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @01:07PM (#27751354)
No, please never do that.
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Re:Audacity fork without any sentry telemetry or crash repor... by IncRnd on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @03:59AM (#27745344)
Thanks for the explanation. I had never heard of the royal you and couldn't find an explanation. I wasn't trying to "get you" just understand.
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