• adeoxymus@lemmy.world
    292·
    2 months ago

    Officially wouldn’t this be the normal usage of we? In royal we it would mean “I” right?

    • LeFrog@discuss.tchncs.de
      37·
      2 months ago

      Yeah she actually means the Pluralism Benevolentiae. E.g. when a nurse is saying “We go to the toilet now, aren’t we?” but it actually means “You must go to the toilet but I will be there with you”.

      There is also the Pluralis inclusivus like in scientific texts. Which I personally find really weird.

      • Nikls94@lemmy.world
        12·
        2 months ago

        My team and I have come to the conclusion that we don’t like you for finding the pluralis inclusivus weird.

    • dalekcaan@lemm.ee
      3·
      2 months ago

      Yeah, or more specifically “God and I,” since monarchs were ostensibly the mouthpiece of God.