[CS-FSLUG] [PD] The American Flag - I'm speechless...

[Timothy Butler]

On Oct 21, 2008, at 12:08 AM, Karl Kleinpaste wrote:

> Timothy Butler <tbutler at ofb.biz> writes:
>> Methinks thy eyes have not scoured the king's text enough
>
> Not to be pointlessly picky, but...
>
> That should be "thine eyes".  (Think _Battle Hymn of the Republic_,
> "mine eyes have seen" etc.)  Once upon a time, my/mine and thy/thine
> were conjugated like the modern-day a/an, where the consonant is
> obligated when the following word begins with a vowel.

	I hangeth my head in shame. :-)

	-Tim

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