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Wit, unker, git: The lost medieval pronouns of English intimacy

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Wit, unker, git: The lost medieval pronouns of English intimacy

Tales of love and adventure from 1,000 years ago reveal a dazzling range of now-extinct English pronouns. They capture something unique about how people once thought about “two-ness”. But why did they die out in the first place?

By Sophie Hardach

https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20260408-the-extinct-english-words-for-just-the-two-of-us

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