Comments by "neoHippie" (@morganseppy5180) on "Features English is missing - but most other languages have" video.

  1. i know, right?
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  2. maybe it's more of a structure, ya know?
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  3. Y'all need to come to the southern US of A, then. Yous guys would know it's proper English in NYC.
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  4. while we're at it, bring back þorn! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_(letter)
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  5.  @kekeke8988  tends to be common among younger crowds--teens, i'd say--who are just crossing a point into more "mature" meanings of the words, so they need emphasis. All the examples in the comments are using duplication for emphasis, which is what changes the intent, not the meaning. (like the filopino big-big =large)
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  6.  @JohnOstrowick , i thought it fell out of use because of printers who wanted to reduce the characters needed. In manuscripts, there are plenty of those letters.
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  7.  @Implond , I thought the video said "you" was formal (like Usted in Spanish) not plural.
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  8.  @kingbeauregard  Southern American English, does have 2nd person plural(?) "you all" at least. Meme-ified in "Y'all need Jesus!" or the older, "yous guys" from Brooklyn, NY (??) and popularized in media.
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  9.  @laurencefraser , that's a good point, esp. "like-like" where they want to say romantic love instead of platonic love (friendship). But there are good examples in the rest of the comments like "home-home" where your current domicile is not your family home, but that situation is most common among young adults. It's about correcting confusion with emphasis to get the listener to think of a different meaning.
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  10. Yes, English gives a lot of wiggle room, which is why the English love puns, I think!
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