What sort of phrasing is "wherefore art thou"? I know "thou" = "you" (informal), like German "du"
But what's up with "wherefore"?
@vaporeon_ “therefore” is an archaic construction preserved in modern english anyway that emotionally means ”for that [reason]”. “wherefore” is an archaic way of saying “for what reason”, but is rather uncommon except when quoting that one shakespeare line
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@vaporeon_ similar somewhat dated language includes “therefrom” (from that) and “wherefrom” (whence)
@vaporeon_ you’d normally only see it in dated language, like in the king james version of the christian bible
@aescling I use "therefore" all the time (at least in formal writing), but I've never heard of a "therefrom"! This is very interesting