Guest guest Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 hi peter, you are correct, the use of u in the language was there first as evident in old english, it was later as the puritans came over that changes in the language were made. by the way, I love trying to decipher/read old english and emo (early modern english). the extra e was also dropped as well as the s was added to plural. some examples which I have notice in my puritan literature of the top of my head. enoughe = enough Besids = Besides lye, dye, doggs = lie and die with dogs diverce colours= diverse colors allso = also hath =has prowd= proud yonge= young ye = the stuburne = stubborn espetially = especially emptie= empty humanitie =humanity expecte =expect honour = honor and so on. -anouk - Peter 9/18/2005 7:45:50 PM Re: Re: Vegan menopause Hi Jonnie > You scared me Peter. I thought maybe I was spelling favor wrong all these years, but nope here in America we spell it > without the 'u'. Yep... as I said, in America you spell it wrong :-) BB Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 Hi Anouk > by the way, I love trying to decipher/read old english and emo (early modern english). the extra e was also dropped as well as > the s was added to plural. Can't help feeling you're over-simplifying the whole thing. There was no standardised spelling in medieval and early modern English - it was usually based on the dialect of the scribe. One of the ones I had most fun trying to understand was Hector Boece's history of Scotland - the "English" translation from the 1530s has some very "interesting" language.... such as "Efter his deceis, Swetonius, ane humill man, was send in his place; quhilk, efter his cuming, renewit peace with Albianis", and "Thir preistis were exemit fra all chargis of weir, and othir exactionis. Of thir preistis writtis mony auctouris; affirming, thair ordour and religioun first found in Britane: for thay cal the hail Ile of Albion uner ane name, Britane." > some examples which I have notice in my puritan literature of the top of my head. > ye = the The "y" is actually an old letter that has fallen out of use in modern English - it is slightly different to a regular "y", but can easily be mistaken for one. It does actually have the same sound as "th". I always find it amusing that you so often see antique shops with "ye" in the name, when the word never actually existed! :-) BB Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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