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 Vivian Cook

Many pubs, businesses and public events seek to portray an old time atmosphere through their spelling

ALDHAM OLDE

TYME RALLYE

Ye Olde London Cab Hire 
   Service
Ye Olde Tuck Shoppe
Olde Thyme Fayre
Ye Olde Directory Shoppe
Ye Olde Green Dragon
Wild River Pub and Publick 
   House
Ye Olde Tea Shoppe
Olde Thyme Aviation
Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem
Vintage Wool Applique Olde 
   Thyme Handiwork
Ye Olde Slide and Popcorn 
   Night
Ye Olde George Inn
The University Towne House
Ye Olde Crosse (The Dirty 
   Bottle)
MAGICK MUSICK 
    MUSEUM

Olde Thyme Photographs 
   of the Ladies of the House 
   of Negotiable Affections
Ye Ole Karaoke Web
Olde Worlde Santas
Freshers' Fayre?
OLDE WORLDE LACE
Ye Olde Tyme Radio 
    Trading Post
Goose Fayre
Ye Olde Den of Iniquity
Ye Olde Tea Shoppe
Olde Thyme Aviation
Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem
Ye Olde Soap Shoppe
The Publick Theatre
Ye Olde Soap Shoppe
The Publick Musick
Southampton Publick House
Olde Musick and Cokery 
   Books

Ye Aulde Rag
Never Enough Thyme Shoppe
Ye Old Wive's Tales
Ye Olde Admiral Rodney
Psychic Fayre
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Inn
Ye Olde Chimney Sweeps
Thee Newe Worlde Inne
Ye Olden days (Mickey Mouse 
   film)
Ye Essex Baebes (pop group)
Vintage Wool Applique Olde 
   Thyme Handiwork
Ye Olde Slide and Popcorn 
   Night
Ye Olde George Inn
The University Towne House
Ye Olde Crosse (The Dirty 
   Bottle

Middle English around 1400 AD used a letter to show the 'th' sounds that looked like , so that the word 'the' was written as though pronounced more or less like modern 'the'. This letter became confused with the letter 'y' and led to many modern examples of 'ye' for 'the' in spelling that is supposed to look quaint. Other ways of pretending to be ancient are the addition of unnecessary 'e' at the end of words, 'olde', 'shoppe', again a holdover from Middle English where the 'e' was pronounced, and the use of 'gothic' fonts as in the web-page heading above. The examples are names of pubs, shops and organisations in UK, Australia, Canada and the USA – clearly fake English spelling affects all parts of the English-speaking world . Some names go with genuinely old pubs Ye Olde Admiral Rodney, others are modern 'jokes' Ye Ole Karaoke Web.