"Mayhap"

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Originally Posted by KaplanHomahru

mayhap

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Originally Posted by SenorPatty

anon

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Originally Posted by Nicodemus_Mercy

"Succor"

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Originally Posted by Fawkes

Pray

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Mayhap thee could try another game? A different tongue may provide succor to thine ears.. Pray travel to GameStop and converse with the workers there. With the help of my comm-raids you shall receive a new game anon.

I just wish everyone didn't speak in a British accent. Especially the sailors where it's especially thick. I would love to see an Austrailian accent or a western American accent.

"Loath" was another one I kept hearing.

My favorite is the use of ever to mean always. Its use has ever felt forced.

That specific word?

Quite possibly - it's just a synonym for perhaps, which is (as I understand it) a fairly old word itself (though I don't know exactly when it took on its current form...let's be glad we don't have perhappons instead), though it has maintained popular use for longer.

Which might be the reason for the frequent use - if it sounds modern, they do tend to avoid it (and contrary to some seemingly petty opinions, they know more about older word usage and various rather esoteric references than they are being given credit for).

I use "pray" (in the context used in the game) and "mayhaps" in my own speech... And while I don't recall seeing it much ingame, I also use "solace". For example, "In spite of the fact that english is not my mother tongue, I find solace in knowing that my dialect can pass for that of a native speaker."

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Originally Posted by Magic-Mal

Mayhap thee could try another game? A different tongue may provide succor to thine ears.. Pray travel to GameStop and converse with the workers there. With the help of my comm-raids you shall receive a new game anon.

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It should be "thou" since it is the subject of the sentence.

Also, we're all overlooking "Is aught amiss?".

IS AUGHT AMISS MILORD? PRAY TELL, MAYHAP YOU ARE WANT FOR SUCCOR

/ffxiv




-Aught=opposite of naught. The word aught means "something" but it can also mean "anything".
"Is aught amiss" means "is something wrong?"/"is anything wrong".

-Mayhap=Perhaps

-I am want for= I am in need of

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Originally Posted by MoonDream

I absolutely hate how they use thee/thou, etc, all over the place, because they use it to mean formal speech when it is actually the informal/personal when it was in use in English? Ugggh. They do overuse mayhaps, ere, must needs, pray, but I just chalk that up to the local dialect.

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Pretty sure the thee's and thou's are exclusively used by Urianger and the Primals.

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I also didn't really like a lot of stuff about the plains tribes people's speech but whatever. That ship sailed with Firaga and company.