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Thread #28671   Message #358101
Posted By: mousethief
15-Dec-00 - 10:59 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Besides it's God rest YOU merry. It takes the objective case, YE is the subjective.

"Y" in english came from anglo-saxon "G" not "TH". There are a hundred words and more which in German have a "G" and in English a "Y" -- gester/yester(day), tag/day, etc. "YE" was never pronounced "THEE" -- "THEE" is the 2nd person singular objective; "YE" is the 2nd person plural subjective.

Alex