summary quaker language first like thank sent messages ideas sources etc surprised number quaker linguists append list benefit thereof barbara _ birch csufresno edu brian _ drayton terc edu t720026 univscvm csd scarolina edu lasersoh ling rochester edu raol unix york ac uk harolds u washington edu ligo523 utxvms cc utexas edu left someone please excuse write tell would love anecdotes quotes discussion etc following persons suggested sources frequent richard bauman 1983 let words symbolism speaking silence among 17th century quakers cambridge c u p source got started present study keith walters tells prof bauman presently indiana university presently hearing keith walters also told two quaker listservers quaker l quaker p listserv uiucvmd bitnet listserv vmd cso uiuc edu things open new avenues research barbara birch sending upcoming article international journal sociology language quaker plain speech policy linguistic divergence alan davies told chapter styles discourse 1988 n coupland ed croom helm titled talking silence ministry quaker meetings worship richard ogden wrote york england quakerism got start point differences speech british american friends amongst things ron sutherland mentioned regna darnell 1970 article second person singular pronoun english society friends western canadian journal anthropology geert craps offerred following sources algermissen k 1986 quaker buchberger hoefer rahner eds lexikon fuer theologie und kirche freiburg herder verlag 8 cols 91212 bauman r 1970 aspects 17th c quaker rhetoric quarterly journal speech 56 1 6774 wales k 1983 thou early modern english brown gilman reappraised studia linguistica 37 2 107125 brown r w gilman 1960 pronouns power solidarity sebeok style language cambridge mit press harold schiffman amongst gems gave bauman r speaking light role quaker minister explorations ethnography speaking bauman sherzer eds sources found include shipley elizabeth f 1991 farewell thee napoli jo kegl eds bridges psychology linguistics shipley elizabeth f thomas e shipley jr 1969 quaker children use thee relational analysis journal verbal learning verbal behavior 8 112117 tibbals kate w 1926 speech plain friends preliminary survey american speech 1 4 193209 state messages time thank thee depart unwillingly candace zhang