[PW] Ye equals The?

[Pam McLaughlin]

The category was "Charles Dickens" - so what mattered was the title as
he published it.  And yes, when it comes to the Final Jeopardy round,
they are very fussy.

Pam
 Tapes "Jeopardy" religiously, wondering when the next Ken Jennings will
pop up

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Corinne Florin
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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> > -----Original Message-----> From:
project-wombat-open-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org>
[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>