re: #84 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

The thorn (Þ or þ), yes, it was supplanted for a while by “y”, which did not exist in English, leading to “ye olde taverne”

Just wanted to point out that this is a common misconception. Both Þ and Y were in Old English. In the 14th century, Þ began being replaced by TH. You only see “ye old” due to it becoming rare to find in printer’s typesets and its resemblance to Y (much more so in the fonts of the day) as well as some confusion about thorn itself due to it falling into disuse.