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Old 2009-12-14, 12:40   Link #3365
Ansalem
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Originally Posted by Cipher View Post
The word "I" is used to refer to the person speaking and its simple because its one letter and it says exactly what it means. but what about "you", why isn't that simply made into "u", why did they bother making those extra letters (YO).?
The etymological origins of the words for "I" and "you" are not related to the English alphabet, despite being homophones for the letters "i" and "u".
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