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phrases - Old times or old time? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange As reported from the NOAD, Old times is used, for example, in the phrase for old times' shake to mean in memory of former times, in acknowledgment of a shared past They sat in the back seats for old times' sake Old-time is used to refer to something old-fashioned in an approving or nostalgic way (old-time dancing)
Old days or olden days? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Etymology: Probably originally an inflected form of old adj , although subsequently perhaps understood as showing old n 2 + -en suffix 4 Phrases similar to olden days were common in both Old and Middle English Old English had the phrase (on) ealdum dagum (compare old adj 9a), with dative plural ending -um In Middle English, such phrases
old english - Whats the meaning of Ye Olde Timers got Ye Olde Tired . . . An old-timer is an expression for a veteran or elderly people "Ye olde tired" is just a wordplay on the expression in the beginning of the sentence So, it means "The veterans got tired of this", expressed with a tone of old times, and a bit of humor
Was The F Word in common usage in the 1800s? The reason I hit the "ejector seat" was that a character in the show used "The 'F' Word" several times within a very brief span of time This show is set in the 1800s I don't know what offended me more: the use of the word, or the laziness or stupidity of the writers in putting that word in a character's mouth at that time
Whats a word for a person who loves old or ancient things? Just as a neophile loves novelty for the sake of it, I want to describe a person who loves old or ancient things (may include the abstract, e g tradition or bygone mannerisms) A neophobe is ruled out, since that is merely a rejection of newness Antiquarian comes to mind, but that seems to be specifically for human history (its objects and
Whats an idiom for something that youve heard many times? old chestnut A stale joke, story, or saying, as in Dad keeps on telling that old chestnut about hgow many psychiatrists it takes to change a light bulb This expression comes from William Diamond's play, The Broken Sword (1816), in which one character keeps repeatingthe same stories, one of them about a cork tree, and is interrupted each time
orthography - Was the “Ye Olde Shoppe” ever used or is it just an . . . Similarly, the entry for old(e includes the spelling olde as a standard variant, among an astonishing variety of spellings Both words have the desired meanings — old "3 (a) Of things: long in existence or in use"; shop "A room or building used as a place of business by a victualer, craftsman, etc "
Older ways to say Dear when writing a letter From the old letters I reviewed I found several related words: dear, deore and various other different archaic spelling, dearest, beloved(and other more friendly words) and title specific words such as, but not limited to, your highness and your honorable
What is Middle English for Hello? I'm most grateful to those who have answered, although I can't use 'Hail' - the answer that they all offered Whilst 'hail' was a common greeting in medieval times, the word is now too often associated with tongue-in-cheek facetiousness, as is evident from the title of the Coen Brothers' satirical movie about Hollywood, 'Hail, Caesar!
etymology - What word can I use instead of tomorrow that is not . . . It begins in 1140 AD, so the characters would use Old English, Latin, Old French, and other similar languages from that time period It also features some vampiric characters Over the years, these vampires have developed their own terminologies to refer to common things, such as relative time, without referring to daylight