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Re: USAGE English 'thou' (was: Proto-Romance)

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Thursday, March 25, 2004, 17:59
Philippe Caquant wrote:

>The situation in Portuguese is interesting: >- O senhor fala português ? (Do you speak portuguese, >polite forme) > >
There's a sketch, in a comedy British TV programme called 'The Fast Show', in which there are two tailors, who use the construction 'does sir X?'. A relative, perhaps?