| Table showing decline of thou usage over
time
in works of Shakespeare. T/Y = thou/you proportions. |
| N of all words |
N of you |
N of
thou |
Work, Author |
Date Written |
Proportion of T to Y |
| 26114 |
181 |
175 |
I King Henry
VI - Shakespeare |
1589-92 |
97% |
| 30317 |
195 |
204 |
II King Henry
VI - Shakespeare |
1589-92 |
105% |
| 18272 |
303 |
134 |
The Comedy of Errors -
Shakespeare |
1592-93 |
44% |
| 35554 |
382 |
210 |
King Richard
III - Shakespeare |
1592-93 |
55% |
| 24915 |
509 |
118 |
The Taming of the Shrew -
Shakespeare |
1593-94 |
23% |
| 24539 |
232 |
173 |
Titus Andronicus - Shakespeare |
1593-94 |
75% |
| 25958 |
340 |
93 |
Love's Labour's Lost -
Shakespeare |
1594-95 |
27% |
| 29169 |
291 |
277 |
Romeo and Juliet - Shakespeare |
1594-95 |
95% |
| 20605 |
322 |
142 |
The Two Gentlemen of Verona -
Shakespeare |
1594-95 |
44% |
| 26930 |
162 |
177 |
King Richard
II - Shakespeare |
1595-96 |
109% |
| 19475 |
275 |
116 |
A Midsummer Night's Dream -
Shakespeare |
1595-96 |
42% |
| 24644 |
225 |
176 |
King John -
Shakespeare |
1596-97 |
78% |
| 25018 |
441 |
103 |
The Merchant of Venice -
Shakespeare |
1596-97 |
23% |
| 29300 |
320 |
254 |
I King Henry
IV - Shakespeare |
1597-98 |
79% |
| 31308 |
498 |
165 |
II King Henry
IV - Shakespeare |
1597-98 |
33% |
| 29232 |
188 |
220 |
III King
Henry IV - Shakespeare |
1597-98? |
117% |
| 25244 |
492 |
86 |
Much Ado About Nothing -
Shakespeare |
1598-99 |
17% |
| 31544 |
371 |
105 |
King Henry V
- Shakespeare |
1598-99 |
28% |
| 25674 |
520 |
142 |
As You Like It - Shakespeare |
1599-1600 |
27% |
| 23651 |
390 |
116 |
Julius Caesar - Shakespeare |
1599-1600 |
30% |
| 36439 |
549 |
103 |
Hamlet - Shakespeare |
1600-01 |
19% |
| 26491 |
534 |
61 |
The Merry Wives of Windsor -
Shakespeare |
1600-01 |
11% |
| 31239 |
434 |
147 |
Troilus and Cressida -
Shakespeare |
1601-02 |
34% |
| 24061 |
444 |
131 |
Twelfth Night - Shakespeare |
1601-02 |
30% |
| 27458 |
484 |
95 |
All's Well that Ends Well -
Shakespeare |
1602-03 |
20% |
| 26149 |
523 |
111 |
Measure for Measure -
Shakespeare |
1604-05 |
21% |
| 31678 |
483 |
142 |
Othello - Shakespeare |
1604-05 |
29% |
| 31505 |
459 |
220 |
King Lear -
Shakespeare |
1605-06 |
48% |
| 20850 |
203 |
90 |
Macbeth - Shakespeare |
1605-06 |
44% |
| 30857 |
356 |
180 |
Antony and Cleopatra -
Shakespeare |
1606-07 |
51% |
| 33343 |
630 |
97 |
Coriolanus - Shakespeare |
1607-08 |
15% |
| 22383 |
275 |
195 |
Timon of Athens - Shakespeare |
1607-08 |
71% |
| 22281 |
348 |
97 |
Pericles - Shakespeare |
1608-09 |
28% |
| 32951 |
408 |
165 |
Cymbeline - Shakespeare |
1609-10 |
40% |
| 29424 |
448 |
127 |
The Winter's Tale - Shakespeare |
1610-11 |
28% |
| 19862 |
212 |
184 |
The Tempest - Shakespeare |
1611-12 |
87% |
| 29598 |
417 |
25 |
King
Henry VIII
- Shakespeare |
1612-13 |
6% |