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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Parmandur" data-source="post: 9586340" data-attributes="member: 6780330">True, that is why people still remember the thee/thou pairing, and why they feel "religous-y": Hebrew, Greek and Latin all have distinctions between singular and plural second person pronouns, so religous text translations were reluctant to follow everyday usage when the singular fell out of regular use entirely.[USER=58172]@Yaarel[/USER]  if you are translating ancient texts for archeology, then using "thee/thou" would be better than trying to wrangle a plural alternative. What is the exact audience for which you are writing: academic, colleagues, journal articles, students...?</blockquote>