• Ookami38@sh.itjust.works
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    7 hours ago

    Close, it’s a TH not a YE sound. My sick-brained explanation probably confused you hahah. The “ye” you see on old signs is a byproduct of the shift. We phased out the thorn character, and replaced it with a y during that period. So “ye olde tavern” would be pronounced “the old tavern”.

    To use the example you gave, it’d be “either the boulder”.