Jan 24, 2011 · Shoppe is an archaic spelling of shop and is used only in proper names of places wanting to sound quaint and old-fashioned. The Pop Shoppe and The Medicine Shoppe are a couple …

The MED entry for shop (pe includes the spelling shoppe as a variant header form. Similarly, the entry for old (e includes the spelling olde as a standard variant, among an astonishing variety of spellings. …

Aug 19, 2023 · Shoppe'. Those who know the history may be annoyed when they hear such names pronounced with a /j/, but then they should also be annoyed with the spelling itself, for which there is, …

Aug 5, 2018 · It is an ancient grapheme sometimes used in literary/historical contexts. I don’t think you will need to use it in current common language. Æ (minuscule: æ) is a grapheme named æsc or …

Aug 31, 2017 · As noted, shop, as a verb evolved around the late 17th century when "to store" was already a well-established verb with a different connotation. Store meaning "place where goods are …

Mar 3, 2020 · To add to the previous answers and comments: the adjective "holier-than-thou" (which means "sanctimonious, hypocritically pious") is sometimes written without the hyphens. I suppose …

Jan 25, 2019 · When I talk to someone and I want to finish the conversation and say that I am heading out to the store right now, should I use "I'm going to go to the store" or "I'm going to the store". Is there a

Oct 7, 2013 · I seem to always have a trouble with this one; what do you call a person that works in a store? A clerk? A sales person? Neither of these sound right. Saying "person that works in the store" …

If they're recent, it might be a modern faux-French affectation, kind of like calling shops "shoppe".

Jan 11, 2022 · In Early Modern English, you was the accusative form of ye (Old English ġē), and both were pronounced with a y sound. You're probably thinking of how the article ye (as in "Ye Olde …