by Jack Powell
Your Cosmo-ness : methinks thou dost protest too much:
English Noun:
The first-person plural pronoun when used by a sovereign in formal speech to refer to himself / herself.
Queen Victoria is the one most commonly associated with the use of the royal we, as in "We are not amused."
Cosmo wrote:ROYAL WE (from Wiktionary, the free dictionary)Stag Hound wrote:Cosmo,Hi stag,
No offense, but I am continuously intrigued how you are the spokesperson for not only the WW&F but the Valley Railroad as well. I fully support academic discourse but one should not use the word "we" when speaking from a personal, speculative perspective to which you have no authority....
... I'm not a "spokesperson" ... Just as any member of other groups can feel free to comment here and claim the title of "we" by being active participants in those groups, I do so with the WW&F and the VRR. So, to use the "royal We" for a moment, "We" helped lay rail and build a switch this fall up at Sheepscott. "We" also are working diligently on constructing the new cab for 3025."We" also got to have #97 join us for pizza a couple of Wed. nights ago.
English Noun:
The first-person plural pronoun when used by a sovereign in formal speech to refer to himself / herself.
Queen Victoria is the one most commonly associated with the use of the royal we, as in "We are not amused."