• SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    Now that is an interesting distinction to make. I suppose that the 4th wall didn’t exist throughout most of history (with the exception of theatre) and so there wasn’t much reason for this feature of language to develop

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      11 months ago

      There used to also be “dear reader” in books, when the reader was being addressed.