Russell and Kristina » Quotes http://www.russellandkristina.com We're Getting Married Wed, 06 Jul 2011 01:42:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Three Meanings Of Wehttp://www.russellandkristina.com/blog/2010/the-three-meanings-of-we/ http://www.russellandkristina.com/blog/2010/the-three-meanings-of-we/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:27:47 +0000 Russell http://www.russellandkristina.com/?p=450

In English we have three definitions of we: the regular we meaning you and I, as in “we had dinner together”; the royal we meaning I, as in “we are not amused”; and the marital we meaning you, as in “we need to take out the garbage.”

—Chris Bovbjerg, Letter to the Editors of the Economist

(via Charlie Park)

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