Comments on: Ye Smokiana: 1890 study of smoking http://boingboing.net/2012/09/28/ye-smokiana-1890-study-of-smo.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 08:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Amílcar Ortega http://boingboing.net/2012/09/28/ye-smokiana-1890-study-of-smo.html#comment-1544937 Amílcar Ortega Sat, 29 Sep 2012 23:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184158#comment-1544937 JRR Tolkien totally stole this Pritchett guy's logo idea --> http://oetg.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/JRRT_logo.jpg JRR Tolkien totally stole this Pritchett guy’s logo idea –> http://oetg.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/JRRT_logo.jpg

]]> By: Wayne Dyer http://boingboing.net/2012/09/28/ye-smokiana-1890-study-of-smo.html#comment-1544500 Wayne Dyer Sat, 29 Sep 2012 01:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184158#comment-1544500 Hokey-Smoki, Smoki-oki-aan Okey-Dokey, anybody can (Smoki-Smoki) man, oh man, oh man You sing a-bing-a-bang-a-bingo In hokey-pokey Smokiaan Smoki-aa-aa-aa--ann Hokey-Smoki, Smoki-oki-aan
Okey-Dokey, anybody can
(Smoki-Smoki) man, oh man, oh man
You sing a-bing-a-bang-a-bingo
In hokey-pokey Smokiaan
Smoki-aa-aa-aa–ann

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/09/28/ye-smokiana-1890-study-of-smo.html#comment-1544415 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 28 Sep 2012 22:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184158#comment-1544415 Yup. That was pretty much it. Only with the ubiquitous New England <i>Ye Olde</i> tacked on the front. Yup. That was pretty much it. Only with the ubiquitous New England Ye Olde tacked on the front.

]]> By: Tore Sinding Bekkedal http://boingboing.net/2012/09/28/ye-smokiana-1890-study-of-smo.html#comment-1544367 Tore Sinding Bekkedal Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184158#comment-1544367 Yat's fantastic! Yat’s fantastic!

]]> By: Wreckrob8 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/28/ye-smokiana-1890-study-of-smo.html#comment-1544353 Wreckrob8 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184158#comment-1544353 Helpee Selfee Raundromat! Helpee Selfee Raundromat!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/09/28/ye-smokiana-1890-study-of-smo.html#comment-1544301 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184158#comment-1544301 My favorite misuse of the thorn (which is much misused in the Boston area) was Ye Olde Helpy Selfy laundromat, "helpy selfy" being pseudo-Chinese and the whole thing written in a pseudo-Chinese font. My favorite misuse of the thorn (which is much misused in the Boston area) was Ye Olde Helpy Selfy laundromat, “helpy selfy” being pseudo-Chinese and the whole thing written in a pseudo-Chinese font.

]]> By: John Napsterista http://boingboing.net/2012/09/28/ye-smokiana-1890-study-of-smo.html#comment-1544185 John Napsterista Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184158#comment-1544185 I confess to curiosity as to which of the boing boing staff smoke tobacco cigarettes, either regularly or on-occasion. I confess to curiosity as to which of the boing boing staff smoke tobacco cigarettes, either regularly or on-occasion.

]]> By: retrojoe http://boingboing.net/2012/09/28/ye-smokiana-1890-study-of-smo.html#comment-1544180 retrojoe Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184158#comment-1544180 Thanks. A year of paleography in grad school makes misuse of the thorn like nails on a chalkboard to me. Thanks. A year of paleography in grad school makes misuse of the thorn like nails on a chalkboard to me.

]]> By: Hamish Grant http://boingboing.net/2012/09/28/ye-smokiana-1890-study-of-smo.html#comment-1544151 Hamish Grant Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184158#comment-1544151 also available in electronic form at archive.org! http://archive.org/details/smokianahistoric00prit also available in electronic form at archive.org!
http://archive.org/details/smokianahistoric00prit

]]> By: Tore Sinding Bekkedal http://boingboing.net/2012/09/28/ye-smokiana-1890-study-of-smo.html#comment-1544142 Tore Sinding Bekkedal Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184158#comment-1544142 That's Þe, not Ye. The thorn, pronounced like the 'th' in 'the' and often ligatured with the letter e (like we do by combining 'et' into an ampersand), was almost indistinguishable from the letter Y in the middle English era blackletter - but is distinct. It's correctly written as 'Þe' or 'the', not 'ye'. :) That’s Þe, not Ye. The thorn, pronounced like the ‘th’ in ‘the’ and often ligatured with the letter e (like we do by combining ‘et’ into an ampersand), was almost indistinguishable from the letter Y in the middle English era blackletter – but is distinct.

It’s correctly written as ‘Þe’ or ‘the’, not ‘ye’. :)

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