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minus-squareflamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours agoThe old fashioned English makes it sound way more formal than it probably was
minus-squareKSP Atlas@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoI don’t know Egyptian, but I’m guessing that phrasing is somehow closer to the original? “Thy” is sometimes used in translations to emphasise that the original text used informal 2nd person pronouns
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoHieroglyphics were always formal language I thought
The old fashioned English makes it sound way more formal than it probably was
I don’t know Egyptian, but I’m guessing that phrasing is somehow closer to the original? “Thy” is sometimes used in translations to emphasise that the original text used informal 2nd person pronouns
Hieroglyphics were always formal language I thought