LL-L: "Traditions" LOWLANDS-L, 08.MAR.2000 (01) [E]

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From: Jan De Craemere <rycobel at compuserve.com>
Subject: LL-L: "Traditions" (was "Administrativa") LOWLANDS-L, 01.MAR.2000
(11) [E]

Edwin Alexander wrote:

 "In lepe yeare, ilk mayden ladye of bothe highe and
lowe estait shall hae liberte to bespeke ye [sic] man she likes."

Should that not be written 'the man ...", as the symbol "y" was pronounced
and is nowadays written "th"?
(As in "Ye olde book shoppe" and other would be ancient names of shops).

Jan De Craemere.

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