Shoppe Pronounced facts
While investigating facts about Shoppe Pronounced, I found out little known, but curios details like:
The 'ye' in Ye Old Curiosity Shoppe is pronounced "the", and that 'y' was formerly used as a way to write 'th'.
"Ye" (as in Ye Olde Shoppe) is pronounced "The"
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The English had a perfectly good letter called thorn (þ) for the th sound in most English words. However the germans didn't use that sound and they invented printing. They replaced it with Y so "thou" became "You" (and "ye oldee tea shoppe" was pronounced "the old tea shop"
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The "ye" in phrases like "Ye Olde Shoppe" is pronounced "the." The "y" the a stand-in for an Old English letter called a thorn, pronounced "th."
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Ye" in Early English as in "Ye Olde Shoppe" is actually meant to be pronounced like "The"
