Re: British v. American Vocabulary


27 Sep 1995 02:22:56 GMT

In article <43v1q1$ejq@nnrp4.nfs.primenet.com>, dtj@primenet.com (Derek Jones) writes:

|> Sometimes you hear people use the word "ye", but only when followed
|> by "olde",

I don't think there was ever any such word as "ye" - I believe
the "y" is actually the obsolete letter thorn, which happens
to look a bit like a "y" if you don't know what it is.

|> dtj@primenet.com

Greg