Random Thought Today On Grammar

For whatever reason I am thinking about grammar. Saw a video and the speaker had a title with the phrase “…you was…”. Then I’m thinking how in “straight” or “proper” English it would be “you were.” Then I’m thinking about the word “you.” In other languages there is “you” plural and “you” singular. So saying “you was” is essentially using grammar from a language that has a singular verb construction for “you.” Which actually makes more sense & is therefore correct. It makes more sense to have a “you” when speaking to a group and a “you” speaking to one person. So some people in the U.S. are speaking using a more sophisticated grammar system in a restricted or truncated language like English and it sounds “wrong” but actually is right in terms of the logic. Makes no sense NOT to have a “you” as singular. Black Americans sometimes say “you was” and are the most active & dynamic group in the U.S. wrestling with English in terms of coming up with new words, trends, meanings, bending/twisting it in music & spoken word, generally trying to wrench more out of it than the language offers innately. Like if your language was a piano with 88 keys and now you only have 36 to play how would you play? Interesting to think about as so-called “AI” is so heavily based on language—essentially conflating language with thought & knowledge and erasing or foregoing meaning, metaphor & metonymy.