**Noëlle the 8-Bit🏳️‍🌈🎄** @noelle · May 25, 2018, 16:10

**Noëlle the 8-Bit🏳️‍🌈🎄** @noelle · May 25, 2018, 16:10

Noëlle the 8-Bit🏳️‍🌈🎄 @noelle

English trivia (sorry, jordy): "a" is to "an" as "thy" is to "thine". That is, "thy" comes before a consonant, and "thine" comes before a vowel. "Thy seeds", "thine acorns".

**jorty (deprecated aspect)** @jordyd@octodon.social · May 25, 2018, 18:13

**jorty (deprecated aspect)** @jordyd@octodon.social · May 25, 2018, 18:13

@noelle It’s funny because I was just wondering what the difference was

**jorty (deprecated aspect)** @jordyd@octodon.social · May 25, 2018, 18:23

**jorty (deprecated aspect)** @jordyd@octodon.social · May 25, 2018, 18:23

@noelle Do you know if this is related to the phrase “mine own”

**Noëlle the 8-Bit🏳️‍🌈🎄** @noelle · May 25, 2018, 18:25

**Noëlle the 8-Bit🏳️‍🌈🎄** @noelle · May 25, 2018, 18:25

@jordyd probably!

**Noëlle the 8-Bit🏳️‍🌈🎄** @noelle · 2018-05-25T18:30:53Z

Noëlle the 8-Bit🏳️‍🌈🎄 @noelle

@jordyd I looked it up, and yes, historically "my" was before consonants and "mine" was before vowels.

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**RecursiveRabbit** @RecursiveRabbit@octodon.social · May 25, 2018, 18:33

**RecursiveRabbit** @RecursiveRabbit@octodon.social · May 25, 2018, 18:33

@noelle @jordyd I suspect "mine" originated from the first toddler.

**jorty (deprecated aspect)** @jordyd@octodon.social · May 25, 2018, 18:34

**jorty (deprecated aspect)** @jordyd@octodon.social · May 25, 2018, 18:34

@RecursiveRabbit @noelle
(stealing some kids sweet roll) mine own!

**mx. fluffy** @fluffy@queer.party · May 25, 2018, 18:37

**mx. fluffy** @fluffy@queer.party · May 25, 2018, 18:37

@noelle @jordyd and then we have words like “uncle” which were originally “nuncle” but the N migrated across the space!

**Noëlle the 8-Bit🏳️‍🌈🎄** @noelle · May 25, 2018, 18:38

**Noëlle the 8-Bit🏳️‍🌈🎄** @noelle · May 25, 2018, 18:38

@fluffy @jordyd Ah, that's the example I was looking for earlier! I used "orange" instead (originally "a narange", as seen in Spanish "naranja" etc.).

**mx. fluffy** @fluffy@queer.party · May 25, 2018, 18:40

**mx. fluffy** @fluffy@queer.party · May 25, 2018, 18:40

@noelle @jordyd yeah that’s a good one! and then there’s the reverse that happens sometimes, like “an other” -> “another” -> “a whole nother”

**jorty (deprecated aspect)** @jordyd@octodon.social · May 25, 2018, 18:41

**jorty (deprecated aspect)** @jordyd@octodon.social · May 25, 2018, 18:41

@fluffy @noelle a whole nother -> a’nother

**mx. fluffy** @fluffy@queer.party · May 25, 2018, 18:42

**mx. fluffy** @fluffy@queer.party · May 25, 2018, 18:42

@jordyd @noelle an othern’t’ve

**Retrodude** @Retrodude · May 26, 2018, 04:28

**Retrodude** @Retrodude · May 26, 2018, 04:28

@noelle Huh. Guess I finally know why so many old hymns used the phrase "Mine eyes". That used to drive me nuts as a grammar-obsessed adolescent.