Iain Murray at the Competitive Enterprise Institute has a nice example:
“I remember when the CofE first had a go at modernizing hymns in order to
get rid of the dreadfully archaic thees and thous. They changed (and this
should be of particular interest to Mr Derbyshire): ‘Oh hear us when we
pray to thee/ For those in peril on the sea’ to ‘Oh hear us when we pray to
you/ For those upon the sea so blue.’ You couldn’t make it up.”
(Iain also has a fine vent against the bishopry here)
I once had a girlfriend in London, who had a cousin, who worked at the BBC
and could sing a song to the tune of that hymn. “For those in peril on the
sea” was sung as “For those who work for the BBC.” Can’t remember the rest.