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Thread #28671   Message #358374
Posted By: Snuffy
16-Dec-00 - 06:21 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
rabbitrunning

Subjective/objective (as near as I can remember):- thee = du, thou = dig, ye = I, you = jer. English has never had a form like Scandinavian 'De' or German 'Sie', where you address a person as "They".

And you're right about "ye olde shoppe" - the 'thorn' character may have looked like a 'y', but was always pronounced 'th'.

Wassail! V