Daffy: He does so have to shoot me now. To Elmer: I demand that you shoot me now!
After the shotgun blast, they run through it again.
Daffy: Aha! That's it! Aside:Pronoun trouble.
Choosing your own personal pronouns on campus is the latest craziness foisted upon our weary society by the self-absorbed. Just at the point where English is as stripped down and easy as it's ever been, we've got people who want to re-complicate it. I say, let's show 'em what a really complicated set of pronouns looks like. Let's adopt the whole personal pronoun system of Old English!
Which follows.
First person pronoun, Singular number ("I"):
Nominative, icDual number ("we two"):
Genitive, min
Dative, me
Accusative, mec, me
Nominative, wePlural number ("we all"):
Genitive, ure
Dative, us
Accusative, usic, us
Nominative, we
Genitive, user, ure
Dative, us
Accusative, usic, us
Second person pronoun, Singular number ("you"):
Nominative, þuDual number ("you two"):
Genitive, þin
Dative, þe
Accusative, þec, þe
Nominative, gitPlural number ("you all"):
Genitive, incer
Dative, inc
Accusative, incit, inc
Nominative, ge
Genitive, eower, iower
Dative, eow, iow
Accusative, eowic, eow, iow
Third person pronoun, Singular Masculine / Feminine / Neuter ("he, she, it"):
Nominative, he / heo, hie / hitPlural number ("they"):
Genitive, his / hiere, hire, hyre / his
Dative, his / hiere, hire, hyre / him
Accusative, hine / hie, hi, hy / hit
Nominative, hie, hi hy; heo, hio
Genitive, hiera, hira, hyra; heora, hiora
Dative, him; heom
Accusative, hie, hi, hy; heo, hio
See, it's easy! Let's all do this together. Better yet, let's make all the students learn it or flunk.
Spreading enlightenment with a trowel, that's me.
