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[–] VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If a human writer was behind this using a medieval flair, I would have used "thine" or "thy".

The "mine" is too close to the German "mein". Unless the writer was doing a German renaissance thing.

[–] mobotsar@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Well "mine" is correct in English in e.g. "mine eyes" because "eyes" starts with a vowel sound. I don't see any opportunity to use second-person pronouns like thine and thy in this passage; where would you have put those?

[–] VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I stand corrected then. Grammar is not my strong suit.