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Old times or old time? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange The first sentence you wrote is the correct one As reported from the NOAD, Old times is used, for example, in the phrase for old times' shake to mean in memory of former times, in acknowledgment of a shared past They sat in the back seats for old times' sake Old-time is used to refer to something old-fashioned in an approving or nostalgic way (old-time dancing)
Old days or olden days? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I don’t perceive the times version as being any more or less common than the days version myself But perhaps that’s just me – tchrist ♦ Commented Feb 14, 2012 at 16:44 @tchrist: "in olden days" is the least common variant with "in", and with "the", everything except "the old days" virtually flatlines
old english - Whats the meaning of Ye Olde Timers got Ye Olde Tired . . . An old-timer is an expression for a veteran or elderly people "Ye olde tired" is just a wordplay on the expression in the beginning of the sentence So, it means "The veterans got tired of this", expressed with a tone of old times, and a bit of humor
Whats a word for a person who loves old or ancient things? I am looking for a word to contrast with neophile Just as a neophile loves novelty for the sake of it, I want to describe a person who loves old or ancient things (may include the abstract, e g
An old-fashioned way of reading the time I have searched google but unfortunately all I can find is old methods for telling the time, which isn't quite relevant (and she certainly wasn't that old) As best as I can remember, her way of reading the time was something like this; for example if the time was 5:45 or 6:28
What is Middle English for Hello? The Middle English equivalent for 'hello' was hail Origin of hail: Middle English from the obsolete adjective hail ‘healthy’ (occurring in greetings and toasts, such as wæs hæil see wassail), from Old Norse heill, related to hale and whole [Lexico] Where Does ' Hello ' Come From? It may be true that OK is the most spoken word on the planet, but hello is a good candidate for the English
Was The F Word in common usage in the 1800s? The reason I hit the "ejector seat" was that a character in the show used "The 'F' Word" several times within a very brief span of time This show is set in the 1800s I don't know what offended me more: the use of the word, or the laziness or stupidity of the writers in putting that word in a character's mouth at that time
Did English ever have a formal version of you? It seems Middle English developed the distinction between formal (you) and informal (thou) versions: this distinction did not exist in Old English The formal pronoun you was originally a plural form of thou; it can be seen in many languages that a plural form is seen as more polite, which is probably related to the Majestic Plural ("we, King
What did the English call alcohol before they had the word alcohol? Here is an interesting article on the etymology of alcohol It claims that in Middle English, they callled intoxicants licur (which we know as liquor) - which means, well, liquid - and bouse (which we know as booze), which was the word for "beer", and applied in the general to drink, especially in verb form (bousen)