And yet, for the most part, it really doesn't lead to any foolishness, only the occasional text critical issue where either pronoun could be substituted and still make sense. Greek speakers for the most part could get the difference in context. We have lots of homographs and homophones in English, and they rarely cause too much trouble, except for puns and spelling tests. We have hare and hair...Jason Hare wrote: ↑November 23rd, 2020, 11:07 pm Well, that's all good information. Seem bad for communication, though. Can you imagine speaking a language in which you cannot distinguish orally/aurally between "you" and "we"?
"I pray that God gives us [ἡμῖν] reprieve from our [ἡμῶν] troubles." > Which someone takes a nice blessing from you, as he hears it as if you had said, "I pray that God gives you [ὑμῖν] reprieve from your [ὑμῶν] troubles." What foolishness this could lead to!
"What do you call 10 rabbits who all take a step backward at the same time? A receding hare-line..." (ba-da-boom).
No intentional reference to your name, except that it put me in mind of the example.