Christmas Themed Quiz

[chris58]

Old fashioned word for "the" -and all the faithful came.i don't know how many letters but the answer should begin with the letter z

[scorpiojo]

Is the answer a Christmas carol?

[Tilly2]

'thee' but it doesn't begin with 'z'!

[Jackdaw33]

Ye

[Calibax]

Ye? - O come all YE faithful?

[scorpiojo]

O come all ye faithful??

[Tilly2]

'Ye' is 'you'

[Calibax]

^YE can br the too as in Ye Olde Shoppe etc.

[Jackdaw33]

Incidentally, ye is not old-fashioned for the, just an old way of writing it.

[Calibax]

^ "Ye" can be "The" too...

[Tilly2]

And 'ye' doesn't begin with 'z', either. :-)

[Calibax]

^ Yes, strictly speaking the Y is a "thorn" which has the sound TH

[Calibax]

But you're right Tilly. It doesn't begin wth Z. Not sure why I got best answer either as I wasn't the first to proffer it.

[chris58]

Thank ou scorpiojo, Tilly2, jackdaw33 and calibax. it makes sense.

[Jackdaw33]

There was a special shorthand for th which looked like a y.

[Tilly2]

Chris, are you sure that the word begins with 'z'?

[scorpiojo]

:o))

[Tilly2]

Ze?

Vhat is ze ansair?

[scorpiojo]

:))))

[tonyav]

Ve ave vays ov making you talk.

[Tilly2]

I'm saying nufink!