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Re:Did English ever have a formal version of "you"? (2011) by 082349872349872 on Sunday December 24, 2023 @04:09PM (#38756883)
It's much easier to understand if one doesn't assume that Fascism ever cared about academic truth.
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Re:Did English ever have a formal version of "you"? (2011) by lnxg33k1 on Sunday December 24, 2023 @04:16PM (#38756937)
Probably you're right, they just needed something widely known to make people feel some sort of national identity/united/proud and control them better
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