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After the Great Fire of London, an economist by the name of Nicholas If-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned Barebone played a major role in pioneering fire insurance. (His very religious father, Praise-God Barebone chose his somewhat unusual middle name)

Learned that early English puritans named their children some brilliantly insane names, with top hits including If-Christ-Had-Not-Died-for-Thee-Thou-Hads’t-Been-Damned Barebone, No-Merit Vinall, Sorry Scott and many more.

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1. The father of the modern insurance industry was named If-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned Barebone

2. 16th century Puritans saw common names as too worldly, so they opted for virtuous/religious names instead. This led to names such as If-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned

3. There was an English economist/physicist/financial speculator named Nicholas Unless-Jesus-Christ-Had-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned Barebone

4. In early "biblical" English, thou, thee, thy, and thine are analogous to I, me, my, and mine when addressing another person. Ye can be translated as "you guys" or "y'all".

5. About Praise-God Barebone (1598-1679) a radical English Puritan preacher and member of Oliver Cromwell's parliament. He gave his son Nicholas Barebone (or Barbon) the legendary middle name "If-Jesus-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned".

6. About the reply of the Zaporizhian Cossacks to the Sultan, which says "The devil shits, and your army eats. Thou shalt not, thou son of a whore, make subjects of Christian sons; we have no fear of your army, by land and by sea we will battle with thee, fuck thy mother."

7. There was a man named Nicholas If-Jesus-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned Barbon who, among other things, was an economist, physician, cult member, and the founder of the first fire insurance company in London.

8. An English economist with the name Nicholas If-Jesus-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned Barbon, son of Praise-God, existed.

9. Thee" or "Thou" used to address someone informally while "You" was used for addressing superiors. Ironically, traditional Quaker speech avoided making distinctions of rank by addressing everyone as "thee" in what was called "plain speaking."

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The Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds covers album, Kicking Against The Pricks, was named after a bible verse in Acts, when Jesus said "I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks". - source

Like many other languages, common English used to have formal and informal pronouns, namely "thee" and "thou". Thou was generally used to address someone who was socially inferior or an intimate. For example; parents called their children thou, and children called their parents you.

Old style English pronouns had specific meanings, with "thou", "thee" and "thy" being the singular forms of the plural "ye", "you", and "your". - source