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minus-square@ulterno@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish2•16 days agoI don’t get either of those contexts. When I read “Quakers”, I just recalled Quake III Arena and thought, “that doesn’t fit”.
minus-square@Gladaed@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglish4•16 days agoQuakers were some anti authority religious minority (Christian) in Scotland/England. They were notorious for their lack of respect. E.g. used “thy” instead of the formal you. (English changed since then and the informal thy fell out of use)
minus-square@Patch@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish4•16 days ago Quakers were Are. They’re still around. Still a relatively big minority Christian group in the UK. Still everyone’s favourite Christian denomination. Cool bunch.
I don’t get either of those contexts.
When I read “Quakers”, I just recalled Quake III Arena and thought, “that doesn’t fit”.
Quakers were some anti authority religious minority (Christian) in Scotland/England. They were notorious for their lack of respect. E.g. used “thy” instead of the formal you. (English changed since then and the informal thy fell out of use)
Are. They’re still around. Still a relatively big minority Christian group in the UK.
Still everyone’s favourite Christian denomination. Cool bunch.