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Pronoun rants are age-old (rule) (files.mastodon.online)

submitted 1 year ago by Masimatutu@mander.xyz to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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from the early 18th century

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[-] BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 47 points 1 year ago

At least this idiot had the excuse of historical linguistics being so underdeveloped; it's understandable he'd think language was immutable... but he's still a total idiot who apparently thought God spoke English in the Bible instead of Latin and Hebrew.

[-] prayer@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

God spoke Aramaic to Paul and wrote in Hebrew to Moses. I don't think he thought of God speaking English in the Bible, rather than English was invented by God and man "ought not corrupt God's language."

[-] ssfckdt@mastodon.cloud 7 points 1 year ago

These are people who insist that the KJV, perhaps history's absolute worst translation of scripture ever, as the single solitary legitimate version of the Bible.