Why I Stopped Praying in Shakespearean English

from Sunday Musings · host Connor Boyack

The T-words (thou, thee, thine, thy) used to be familiar and informal, but now are archaic and "reverential"… so why do we still use them? Connor shares some history and thoughts as to why he no longer speaks like Shakespear half a millennia ago.

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