Prithee the addressee, as in "if it please you," "prithee" accompanies a request which addresses itself to the threat of being answered in the negative, as though the request were against the addressee's wishes. Stated otherwise, the word "please" suggests that the person being addressed is willing to comply with the request, whereas the word "prithee" suggests that he or she is not willing. This switch from stating the speaker's contrary desire to stating the speaker's wish not to impose signaled a cultural shift in the English-speaking world in which politeness became stated negatively rather than positively. Wider repercussions are observable
Cocosates Cocosates The Cocosates were an Aquitani pre-Roman tribe settled in what today is southwestern France, at north of the river Adour. They were surrounded by the Tarbelli at south and the Boiates at north. They inhabited what today is the western part of the French department of Landes. They were called "Cocosates sexsignani" by the Romans, meaning "Cocosates of the six banners", which means they were actually a confederacy of six tribes. They lived in present-day Landes, at north of the Adour, in Brassenx. Their name, "Cocosates" is similar to the Basque word "kokots", which means "chin". It probably comes