[PW] Ye equals The?

[jtg]

As Mr. Dickens said...

John Germain

Jersey
British Channel Islands

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[mailto:project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org] On Behalf Of
Corinne Florin
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 9:16 PM
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Subject: Re: [PW] Ye equals The?


I think the contestant was ruled incorrect because she had written "Ye Old
Curiosity Shoppe", and from what I understand, titles as answers in
Jeopardy! must be exact.
 
--Corinne
> From: jtg.germainsjy at localdial.com> To: list at project-wombat.org> Date:
Tue, 2 Oct 2007 20:16:52 +0100> Subject: Re: [PW] Ye equals The?> > As Karen
says, and also because (I stand to be corrected!) the answer given> was in
itself incorrect: "The Old Curiosity Shop"* is Dickens' ~descriptive~> term
and not the name of the shop: were it so signed above the door in> script
'twould be one thing, but 'taint so the only correct answer should be> the
name of the book itself. Dickens had a perfect ear for dialect and to>
commit such a fow-pars in the ninetinct century as....> > * An old shop
selling such things> > John Germain> > Jersey> British Channel Islands> >
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[mailto:project-wombat-open-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org] On Behalf Of>
Karen Lofstrom> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 8:00 PM> To:
list at project-wombat.org> Subject: Re: [PW] Ye equals The?> > On 10/2/07,
Jeanne Schramm <jeanne.schramm at gmail.com> wrote:> > > Recently on an episode
of Jeopardy! a contestant lost in the final round> for> > giving the answer
"Ye Old Curiosity Shop" (instead of "The Old Curiosity> > Shop"). Before I
send a letter of protest (!!) to Alex Trebek, does> anyone> > know of a
reason why "Ye" should not be considered an alternate spelling> of> >
"The"?> > Because the Y is just an inexact rendering of the letter "thorn",>
representing "th", which looks a bit like a Y. "Ye" is just scribal>
shorthand for "the".> > -- > Karen Lofstrom>
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