Thees vs Thems - What's the difference?
thees | thems |
(thee)
(archaic, literary)
* 1598 , Shakespeare, Henry IV part 1 , 1.2.49-50:
*
(Quaker, Amish, Pennsylvania Dutch English) Thou.
* Thee is a little strange, I think.
To address (somebody) as "thee"; to thou.
To thrive; prosper.
* Spenser
(Appalachian, colloquial) variant of those .
* 1982 , Terry C. Johnston, Carry the Wind , page 446:
* 2004 , Louis Daniel Bordsky, Nuts to you! , page 25:
* 2008 , Pat Mattaini Mestern, Granite , page 87:
* 2009 , Robert B. Marchand, Caylen's Quest , page 25:
As a noun thees
is thesis, theory.As a pronoun thems is
(appalachian|colloquial) variant of those .thees
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
* * * ----thee
English
(wikipedia thee)Etymology 1
From (etyl) thee, the, from (etyl) . More at (l).Pronoun
- Prince Henry: Did I ever call for thee to pay thy part?
- Falstaff: No; I'll give thee thy due, thou hast paid all there.
Usage notes
When used in place of the nominative thou, thee uses the third-person singular form of verbs (see example at "quotations").Verb
See also
(English personal pronouns)Statistics
*Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l) (Scotland)Verb
- Well mote thee , as well can wish your thought.
Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 3
: From Pitman zee , which it is related to phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents.Anagrams
* English personal pronouns ----thems
English
Pronoun
(English Pronouns)- "Catches in my craw, it does — thems as’ll let others do theys work for ’em, then come in to take what the gettin’s got."
- After all, there's just some things in life a guy can't hope to change, even with the powder o' positive thinkin' that comes from livin' long enough and knowin' that thems' what's got it ain't about to give none of it to ' thems what's not, [...]
- “There’s thems' that ''can'' and '''thems''' that ''can’t''; '''thems''' that ''talk'' and '''thems that ''rant .”
- “Thems' are not called boats, ' thems are canoes.”
