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4th person pronoun? (startrek.website)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Now that is an interesting distinction to make. I suppose that the 4th wall didn't exist throughout most of history (with the exception of theatre) and so there wasn't much reason for this feature of language to develop

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

There used to also be "dear reader" in books, when the reader was being addressed.