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Wiktionary (def. 3) calls it "A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun", and gives as one example:
Serially, it's like:
I like how some actors use it in the line from Hamlet:
This unstressed your is a dig at unimaginative scientific pronouncements about the universe, and it always makes much more sense to me this way than making it about Horatio's personal philosophy, where it would be stressed.
Anyway, have lexicostrophists given this usage of your a name, and does it occur in other languages? -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 00:06, 10 April 2020 (UTC)
As a related question, what is the etymology and meaning of the expression "This is not your father's (something)"? JIP | Talk 16:15, 10 April 2020 (UTC)
To build on what AnonMoos said, you have your 'iste' and your 'istic' in Latin, which don't have a flattering flavor. You have your 'ille,' which has a positive connotation. You have your 'ipse,' which is nonjudgmental. (Not a directly corollary word, but used similarly.) And in American English, people use "your" in all three ways. It just depends on how you say it. (Now I'm not a Latin professor, so if I've gotten any of that wrong please do correct me.) Temerarius ( talk) 22:40, 10 April 2020 (UTC)
Is there an Italian, Romansh or Occitan dialect where the digraph gl is pronounced /gʎ(ʎ)/ instead of /ʎʎ/? Or respectively for gn? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.142.68.223 ( talk) 10:40, 10 April 2020 (UTC)
Why do I often see expressions such as " the Empress Theodora", "the Emperor Henry", etc, but never "the Queen Elizabeth", "the King Louis"? Surtsicna ( talk) 11:21, 10 April 2020 (UTC)
I read in an English translation of The Long Ships that the Vikings referred to the Strait of Gibraltar as " Njörva Sound". What is the etymology of that? Apparently there is a Njörvasund in Iceland. Talk:Njörun quotes:
is:Gíbraltarsund says:
-- Error ( talk) 12:39, 10 April 2020 (UTC)
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Wiktionary (def. 3) calls it "A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun", and gives as one example:
Serially, it's like:
I like how some actors use it in the line from Hamlet:
This unstressed your is a dig at unimaginative scientific pronouncements about the universe, and it always makes much more sense to me this way than making it about Horatio's personal philosophy, where it would be stressed.
Anyway, have lexicostrophists given this usage of your a name, and does it occur in other languages? -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 00:06, 10 April 2020 (UTC)
As a related question, what is the etymology and meaning of the expression "This is not your father's (something)"? JIP | Talk 16:15, 10 April 2020 (UTC)
To build on what AnonMoos said, you have your 'iste' and your 'istic' in Latin, which don't have a flattering flavor. You have your 'ille,' which has a positive connotation. You have your 'ipse,' which is nonjudgmental. (Not a directly corollary word, but used similarly.) And in American English, people use "your" in all three ways. It just depends on how you say it. (Now I'm not a Latin professor, so if I've gotten any of that wrong please do correct me.) Temerarius ( talk) 22:40, 10 April 2020 (UTC)
Is there an Italian, Romansh or Occitan dialect where the digraph gl is pronounced /gʎ(ʎ)/ instead of /ʎʎ/? Or respectively for gn? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.142.68.223 ( talk) 10:40, 10 April 2020 (UTC)
Why do I often see expressions such as " the Empress Theodora", "the Emperor Henry", etc, but never "the Queen Elizabeth", "the King Louis"? Surtsicna ( talk) 11:21, 10 April 2020 (UTC)
I read in an English translation of The Long Ships that the Vikings referred to the Strait of Gibraltar as " Njörva Sound". What is the etymology of that? Apparently there is a Njörvasund in Iceland. Talk:Njörun quotes:
is:Gíbraltarsund says:
-- Error ( talk) 12:39, 10 April 2020 (UTC)