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[Albion] Where art thou signings?







jonny.rainbow

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Oct 29, 2005
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Some etymologists argue that ye is often an old spelling of 'the' and the y is equivalent to th. Whilst sometimes it refers to plural and it's pronunciation may have been closer to ge. Of course the English language is is Mish mash of many different languages and regional dialects and standardisation was a slow and haphazard process. It was popularised in the Victorian era to make things sound old and then is pronounced ye.
And yes I am calm we'll make the right signings but impatiently checking the internet every couple of hours.
‘Ye’ being used as the singular ‘the’ would not make sense in the context of perhaps its most famous use:

Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field,which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven,shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

Matthew 6:30 (first printed in an English in the King James Bible in 1611)

Here Jesus is of course speaking to his disciples during the sermon on the mount.
 




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