Ye Olde Explanation


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Why do we say "Ye Olde" something-or-other when we want to sound Old English? According to the history of the term, it was never pronounced that way! Minute Physics explains in a hurry, even though the history of language has little to do with physics. -via Geekosystem

 

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'don't know about you, but when I pronounce it "yee oldee" it is feigned ignorance in order to draw attention to (and mock) the use of archaisms in signage. I also call the housing subdivision "providence pointee", and, will (when in the company of friends who know of my years living in Paris) frequently mispronounce pretentious "french" shop names.
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They should stick to physics.

Firstly, there is no such word as "abbreved".

"Neanderthal" dates to 1860-1865, way after the use of the letter thorn had fallen by the wayside. It is also not French, it's German.

There are actually TWO words spelled "ye". The one means "thou" and is indeed pronounced "yee".

The other is the old spelling of "the", was originally pronounced "the" and now pronounced "yee" by almost everybody.
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I've already been doing this since birth...
really, last week i weight myself and i got to 40 kg while i was 45. i cannot get fat no matter how much patato chips i eat... :c
LOL!
they should build a really tall tower and put all the fat people at the top.
oh wait, it would just collapse.
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Honestly thought I had heard of every single idea on how to loose weight, until I got to this article. It could be because of the elevation, cold weather that decreases hunger for some people and they end up loosing weight. Only time Im up 7000 feet in elevation is at Big Bear, Ca. when I go skiing and even then its a work out. Good to know.
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This does seem a little bit crazy - I live on the third floor of an apartment and am not super fit. Just kidding:) I would like to lose some weight though - maybe my next vacation will be to a mountain or high altitude destination!
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