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Many conservative Christians use "Thee, Thou, Thy and Thine when addressing God" in prayer; in the Plymouth Brethren catechism Gathering Unto His Name, Norman Crawford explains the practice: [5] The English language does contain reverential and respectful forms of the second person pronoun which allow us to show reverence in speaking to God.
The pronunciation of moor and poor is a traditional feature of Received Pronunciation but is now ... thee's / thou's / thine yours; thee / thou you (singular) yous ...
In standard English, the phonetic realization of the two dental fricative phonemes shows less variation than many other English consonants. Both are pronounced either interdentally, with the blade of the tongue resting against the lower part of the back of the upper teeth and the tip protruding slightly, or with the tip of the tongue against the back of the upper teeth.
The familiar forms are thoo (thou), pronounced [duː], often written du in dialect writing; thee, pronounced [di(ː)], often written dee in dialect writing; thy, pronounced [daɪ], often written dy in dialect writing; and thine, pronounced [daɪn], often written dine in dialect writing; contrasting with the formal forms you, you, your and yours ...
Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs , which are written differently but pronounced the same).
thine plural informal ye you your yours formal you 3rd person singular he/she/it him/her/it his/her/his (it) [# 2] his/hers/his [# 2] plural they them their theirs
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