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Originally Posted by MellySingsDoom
Nefeli - I know what you mean re "the wife/my wife" - it's something that's I'm curious about too (See also: the missus, the breadknife, 'er indoors and my favourite (c/o the late John Mortimer) - she who must be obeyed).
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I've come across this when studying language politics. There is a good science fiction book called
The Dispossessed in which there is an anarcho-syndicalist planet which uses the "the" language while the other planet is an advanced capital state which is based on ownership. I suggest that book to anyone curious about possession in language.
Cheers.