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Re:ITunes update screws text. Official solution: remove all ... by chancho on Sunday November 01, 2009 @04:27PM (#915602)
This is crap. 'Thou' is part of a whole class of pronouns (2nd person informal) that are completely absent from all modern speech and writing. 'Whom' is the objective form of 'who'. I/me, he/him, she/her, we/us, they/them, who/whom. It's not used very often in speech, but it's used every day in formal writing and thus very much alive. There is no disagreement among educated speakers of the language as to which usage is correct and which is incorrect, only disagreement as to which is acceptable in context. Celebrating it's death is celebrating ignorance.
Re:ITunes update screws text. Official solution: remove all ... by windsurfer on Sunday November 01, 2009 @08:29PM (#915879)
English, like every other language on earth, is defined by its users. It evolves over time.
Re:ITunes update screws text. Official solution: remove all ... by dbz on Monday November 02, 2009 @01:58AM (#916349)
Very true. In my life time I hope to see "they/their" as both singular and plural. It would save me a lot of time because I dislike having to write "he or her," "his or hers," or think of a creative way to write around the idea completely.

I also hope to see the alienation of the comma-quotation rules (always inside). -Maybe I ask for too much

Re:ITunes update screws text. Official solution: remove all ... by cornedpig on Monday November 02, 2009 @01:04AM (#916286)
Celebrating its death
Re:ITunes update screws text. Official solution: remove all ... by hcayless on Monday November 02, 2009 @07:03AM (#916606)
Good to see Muphry's Law (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphrys_law) is still in full effect.
Re:ITunes update screws text. Official solution: remove all ... by frisco on Monday November 02, 2009 @01:18AM (#916305)
It's not Hacker News until someone corrects you with facts.