• 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.

  • GingaNinga@lemmy.world
    23·
    2 months ago

    I swear my cat understands english, I’ll tell him something like “no cookies until bed time” then right when I’m getting ready for bed he’s meowing by the cookie drawer. They do something every day that surprises me with their intelligence.

  • tetris11@feddit.ukEnglish
    91·
    2 months ago

    “One does not simply defecate on the postman”

  • Zythox@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    4·
    2 months ago

    We do not shit on the couch. We do not barf hairballs onto the carpet.