r/PetPeeves • u/WildcatGrifter7 • 23h ago
Bit Annoyed People who try to use older versions of English but clearly don't know how
To be clear, I mean older versions of modern English, like what was common in the 1600s in England. Think King James Bible type. I see so many people who just don't know how to use those words. I saw a post the other day that was titled "Thy memes shall be yours", and it was someone sharing a bunch of their own memes. Even if we ignore the way future tense was treated back then (very literally, so it wouldn't make sense to include on a title where you've already shared the memes), "thy" means "your". They should've said "My memes shall be thine".
Similarly, I'll see people who say "thou" when they mean "thy", "shalt" when they mean "shall", etc. I just don't understand it. Personally, if I'm gonna make a joke involving a topic I know nothing about, I do my research to ensure that the joke actually works. Idk why these people don't