"Ye olde..." = The old... [Random Fact]

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Ye olde is a fake ancient English prefix and is pronounced The old.
The reason for this confusion is the Old English letter thorn which was abbreviated by y because it looked very similar.
It was always pronounced The.
Even in ye goodde olde time.

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