I'm watching #Outlander and the story has hit 1776. There is someone in the colonies using thee and thou even though no one else really is and she said, "Thee is generous," and just ... WTF kind of construction is that? Why is she using the dative thee instead of the subjective thou? And coupled with the incorrect verb? Is this some dialectical thing that I just don't know about or is it bad writing? Either way is equally likely.

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