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Originally Posted by linguist
"Y" can be either a vowel or a consonant - it's a consonant in "yoke" and "you"- but all the "y"s here in these 2 words are vowels (functioning just like "i" rather than initiating a syllable).
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I heard that there used to be a letter like a Y with a "th" sound. So were it says "Ye Old..." it is actually "The Old." Never verified that though. It make sense- thou= you, etc.