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Originally Posted by issybird
A thorn is the letter þ, which replaces "th" in old texts at the beginning of a word, but in modern typography is usually represented by "y". So the word "the" is spelled "ye", but it should still be pronounced like "the." It was a book about 17th century America, I should add.
All those "yees" really took a toll on me.  |
Not for nothing, but I would direct my anger to whomever decided to represent it with a "y" rather than with a "th."
What did they THINK was going to happen?!
(eta: Especially since the pronoun 'ye,' with the 'yee' sound, was also a word! Geesh!)