To paraphrase Peter Finch's classic line from "Network," "I'm hot as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore." Louisville's long, hot summer scorches on. So I'm heading up to spend the next few months in the comfort of civilized Canadian society, cool in every sense of the word.
But before I go, I want to answer a couple of questions that were asked in other threads. Actually, I have answered them, but I don't think anyone ever read the replies. I seem to be the official thread closer in this forum. If I weren't such a dense egomaniac, I'd realize I'm boring everybody to death with my ramblings.
Anyway. . .
Someone asked (maybe Lucy) why English has no distinct second person plural pronoun. The short answer is that we have several. They just aren't acknowleged by the grammarians among us. Back in NYC environs, where I grew up, it was "youse." Down here in my adopted Southland home, they use a plural for the singular, "Y'all." So they redouble it for the plural, "All y'all." Etc, etc., through dialects around the country. Basically, speakers of a language work things out very efficiently over time, impeded not prevented, by grammarians.
Also, there were several questions raised about differences between perceived and actual danger in modern society. At the end of the "Zevele, what do you see?" thread I posted a couple of links to articles by George Gerbner, who has spent most of a lifetime studying this question.
Have a nice, hot summer. I expect version 9.0 to be available when I get back in the fall.