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- What are the differences between shop, shoppe, and store?
Shoppe is a mediaeval term which is unlikely to have been in actual use when the shop was first opened, unless it is very old Shops can sell anything, and I would say include a store Shops can sell anything, and I would say include a store
- orthography - Was the “Ye Olde Shoppe” ever used or is it just an . . .
The "Ye", in particular, is an actually corrupt interpretation of a manuscript Þe (that's a thorn, a letter that is pronounced the same as th in modern English, followed by the letter e), which was a common abbreviation of the word the in the Middle English period, when olde and shoppe would have been at least common variants if not quite
- Word to call a person that works in a store
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- Why was the th combination chosen for the th sound?
Good answer I was hoping someone would bring up the thorn On a related note, when you see comical signs like "Ye olde booke shoppe" it should be noted that nobody in Colonial times said "ye" for "the," rather the y is a representation of the thorn –
- What happened to the “‑est” and “‑eth” verb suffixes in English?
Nice to see we have plenty of people here capable of correcting medieval grammar I also find it exceptionally irritating when people get these mock versions so wrong But at least now I can tolerate people saying Y instead of Th in Ye Olde Tea-Shoppe, for example So there is hope my 'word-rage' can be managed without excessive bloodshed
- Which is the correct spelling: “fairy” or “faerie”?
The current usage difference is that fairy is the mythical creature, and faerie is the world of fairies However, Brian Froud, who is considered to be the main authority of fairies, nearly always uses the archaic form faery or f
- What are the differences between these words: varying, varied, various . . .
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- What are the differences between a proverb, adage, aphorism, epigram . . .
Dictionary definitions of all three are very similar, typically something like: a pithy observation which contains a general truth But the Wikipedia entries for each are quite different Are these
- Is there a rule for pronouncing “th” at the beginning of a word?
For a time y was used in its place (especially in Scotland), because it had a similar shape, hence ye for the in historical tourist trap Ye Olde _____ Shoppe (it never was pronounced "ye," only spelled that way)
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