tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11875966.post242442163314848965..comments2023-10-20T07:28:50.948-07:00Comments on Better Bibles Blog: Missionary Struggles to Translate "Thee" and "Thou"Wayne Lemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18024771201561767893noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11875966.post-48541255430542246662008-09-17T04:49:00.000-07:002008-09-17T04:49:00.000-07:00Charles, what makes Tominthebox so good is that so...Charles, what makes Tominthebox so good is that so many of their spoofs are possible and only just beyond the realm of actuality. Indeed some aren't even beyond it, there are one or two I have seen and thought "Didn't you know that so-and-so is really doing this?"Peter Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13395635409427347613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11875966.post-10660685033429546202008-09-16T15:43:00.000-07:002008-09-16T15:43:00.000-07:00No I didn't. Boy they sure got me, what a dope.BUT...No I didn't. Boy they sure got me, what a dope.<BR/><BR/>BUT<BR/><BR/>You and I both know that with way popular culture is going and relative lack of knowledge of what the Bible really says, this is certainly a possibility, if not a likelyhood.<BR/><BR/>BUT <BR/>boy I didn't see that coming at all.<BR/><BR/>Ah, the pungent taste of humility<BR/><BR/>Tue Sep 16, 02:46:00 PMUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08872097932838677378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11875966.post-73435773380567833892008-09-16T14:46:00.000-07:002008-09-16T14:46:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08872097932838677378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11875966.post-71896597416201234832008-09-16T12:56:00.000-07:002008-09-16T12:56:00.000-07:00Charles, you did realise this was a spoof, didn't ...Charles, you did realise this was a spoof, didn't you?Peter Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13395635409427347613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11875966.post-18203309685848856502008-09-16T11:18:00.000-07:002008-09-16T11:18:00.000-07:00they have that, for sure. But they don't have some...they have that, for sure. But they don't have something for "thee" or "thou". :-)<BR/><BR/>Well, that's what I thought. So this is just some moron making something out of nothing. It's just frightening to me that there are people out there who believe this baloney.<BR/><BR/>I wonder what he would do to convert the word righteous to clicks?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08872097932838677378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11875966.post-70359646019845516182008-09-16T09:14:00.000-07:002008-09-16T09:14:00.000-07:00One problem I've met with translations such as the...One problem I've met with translations such as the KJV that use "thou" and "thee" is that even people who use them may not understand the significance.<BR/><BR/>Some thought that thou/thee were more "intimate" or "reverent" than ye/you. Not all realised it was just a case of singular versus plural, and even those who knew might miss the point in passages such as John 1:50-51 where the usage changes.John Radcliffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17457933540067146460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11875966.post-4560953809099248312008-09-16T08:20:00.000-07:002008-09-16T08:20:00.000-07:00I don't understand. This language doesn't have a w...<I>I don't understand. This language doesn't have a word equivalent to "you"?</I><BR/><BR/>Oh, they have that, for sure. But they don't have something for "thee" or "thou". :-)Wayne Lemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18024771201561767893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11875966.post-70989719110014983972008-09-16T07:07:00.000-07:002008-09-16T07:07:00.000-07:00I don't understand. This language doesn't have a ...I don't understand. This language doesn't have a word equivalent to "you"?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08872097932838677378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11875966.post-62359939308445107512008-09-15T17:45:00.000-07:002008-09-15T17:45:00.000-07:00We have the same trouble in Nyungwe...We have the same trouble in Nyungwe...David Kerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13140007604009678479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11875966.post-81823529848415108252008-09-15T17:19:00.000-07:002008-09-15T17:19:00.000-07:00I've enjoyed. :-)I've enjoyed. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com