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Re:Hand of Irulegi: ancient artefact could help trace origin... by haroldp on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @12:19PM (#33626776)
> English has no formalized second person plural, so you might use "y'all" or "everyone" as a kludge.

It used to!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-problem-with-you/i...

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Re:Hand of Irulegi: ancient artefact could help trace origin... by jcranmer on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @02:47PM (#33629442)
It still does! It's the second person singular that was lost (thou).
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