And what language and region is it?

I've noticed my language teacher uses the informal you in one language and the formal one in the other.

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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

It's archaic. I can't really imagine a situation in which we'd use "thou" today for formality reasons. If you say "thou" , you're pretending to be someone from hundreds of years ago or you're quoting the King James Bible or something that is hundreds of years old.

I think a more-reasonable division between formality and informality would be whether or not one uses a title like "sir" today.

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