- 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
- orthography - Did I go to the fair or the faire? - English Language . . .
(Just as one would write “Jayne’s Ye Olde Gifte Shoppe is a very nice shop ”) There are a few exceptions: faire and fayre get used as generic terms within some historical re-enactment subcultures—most notably, for Renaissance faires If someone writes “I’m going to a faire next weekend”, I would assume they mean something like that
- Word to call a person that works in a store
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- When should I say thee? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The thorn really was often printed as y, so in phrases like "Ye Olde Shoppe", the Ye really does mean The (and is pronounced as the, because that's what it is) In phrases like "hear ye, hear ye", the y really is a y, and ye means you (plural) –
- orthography - When do I use æ? - When do I use æ? - English Language . . .
@FumbleFingers Bear in mind that the word "the" was never pronounced "ye" It was simply that at one time the "th" sound was represented by a character that looked like a Y So any "Ye Olde Tea Shoppe" is simply "the old tea shop" - very boring –
- Going to go vs going to - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
1) I am going to go watch a game 2) I am going to a game 3) I am going to golf 4) I am going to go golfing What are the differences and similarities between and among sentences 1
- 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
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