The y in "ye olde" is not a y but a thorn, pronounced th. Wikipedia says English lost it because (imported) fonts lacked it.
Icelandic still has it. The latest I've seen it in English is in Newton's notebooks.
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It makes for a better :P smiley: :þ
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I'm on an IRC channel where we occasionally uſe archaic orþography, which is why Þ/þ are in my .Xcompose file
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check out Ye Olde Swiss Cottage and Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese pubs... still standing in London
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I saw it used in the 21st century, but that was in Oxford; I suspect it could be blamed on an undergrad's sense of humour.
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so "ye are a thorn in my side" does not compute
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Newton's notebooks are among the most wonderful things humanity has ever produced. D. T. Whiteside was a hero http://ind.pn/2aPI746
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