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- What are the differences between shop, shoppe, and store?
Shoppe is an archaic spelling of shop and is used only in proper names of places wanting to sound quaint and old-fashioned The Pop Shoppe and The Medicine Shoppe are a couple canadian examples
- orthography - Was the “Ye Olde Shoppe” ever used or is it just an . . .
The MED entry for shop (pe includes the spelling shoppe as a variant header form Similarly, the entry for old (e includes the spelling olde as a standard variant, among an astonishing variety of spellings Both words have the desired meanings — old "3 (a) Of things: long in existence or in use"; shop "A room or building used as a place of business by a victualer, craftsman, etc " Thus
- pronunciation - Is there any historical basis for pronouncing the “Ye . . .
The abbreviation yᵗ stands for that The form yᵉ for the survives to our own day in such pseudo-antique absurdities as "Ye Olde Choppe Suey Shoppe," in which it is usually pronounced as if it were the same word as the old pronoun ye Needless to say, there is no justification whatever for such a pronunciation
- meaning - What does the extra e mean in some names? - English . . .
Many times, I saw an "e" on some names For example: blackthorne Is this only for decoration, or is the extra "e" from old english? Or maybe spelling for certain cultures?
- orthography - Did I go to the fair or the faire? - English Language . . .
(Just as one would write “Jayne’s Ye Olde Gifte Shoppe is a very nice shop ”) There are a few exceptions: faire and fayre get used as generic terms within some historical re-enactment subcultures—most notably, for Renaissance faires If someone writes “I’m going to a faire next weekend”, I would assume they mean something like that
- Catalogue versus catalog - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
What is the difference between catalogue and catalog? I cannot really decide which one to use for a product catalogue for a shop
- When do I use æ? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
It is an ancient grapheme sometimes used in literary historical contexts I don’t think you will need to use it in current common language Æ (minuscule: æ) is a grapheme named æsc or ash,*** formed from the letters a and e, originally a ligature representing the Latin diphthong ae In English æ is often eschewed in favour of the digraph ae Usage experts often consider that incorrect
- When should I say thee? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
If I want to be posh, old school, when I'm writing, and decide to use "thee" then what is the correct technical usage for it? Does it simply replace "the" ?
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