Timeline for The opposite of the "Royal we"
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Jun 30, 2020 at 18:14 | answer | added | Alexis Ofori | timeline score: 1 | |
Jun 23, 2019 at 3:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/1142628560827383809 | ||
Jun 22, 2019 at 19:01 | answer | added | jsw29 | timeline score: 1 | |
Jun 22, 2019 at 15:20 | history | edited | tchrist♦ |
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Jan 26, 2017 at 19:22 | answer | added | TREE | timeline score: 5 | |
Jul 19, 2016 at 1:16 | comment | added | feetwet | Answer here: The patronizing "we". | |
Apr 25, 2016 at 14:22 | comment | added | bib | @HotLicks Or the father's we as in what did we learn in school today? | |
Apr 25, 2016 at 13:51 | comment | added | bib | Or the medical we, as in How are we feeling today? The response is I feel like crap, how about you? | |
Apr 25, 2016 at 13:07 | comment | added | lly | For what it's worth, the use of plurals in reference to specific powerful people is a reference to their standing for their household or—in the case of the royals—their subjects. Doesn't change that it's a first-person plural pronoun. | |
Apr 25, 2016 at 12:31 | comment | added | Dave M | We is indeed, a first person pronoun. My embarrassment at having using it incorrectly is matched only by my beauty. Take that how you will. :) | |
Apr 25, 2016 at 12:28 | comment | added | deadrat | @HotLicks I don't think so. It's called the "royal we" for a reason, the use of the first person plural pronoun. It doesn't mean the third person (he/she/it/they) either. It means I. | |
Apr 25, 2016 at 12:24 | history | edited | Dave M | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
I forgot to remove the reference to "we" as a third person... Proofreading FTW.
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Apr 25, 2016 at 12:08 | comment | added | DyingIsFun | Your definition of the royal 'we' seems incorrect. The royal 'we' is not third person. It is first person. It is the use of 'we' by a speaker to refer to the speaker herself (especially if the speaker is in a high position). | |
Apr 25, 2016 at 11:56 | comment | added | Hot Licks | That's "the mother's 'we'". | |
Apr 25, 2016 at 10:17 | answer | added | zzxjoanw | timeline score: -4 | |
Apr 25, 2016 at 10:00 | history | asked | Dave M | CC BY-SA 3.0 |