Difference between revisions of "Y"

From Fancyclopedia 3
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Bot: Automated import of articles)
 
Line 7: Line 7:
 
}}
 
}}
  
 +
{{none}}
 
[[Category:fancy1]]
 
[[Category:fancy1]]
 
[[Category:fancy2]]
 
[[Category:fancy2]]
 
[[Category:obscure_fact]]
 
[[Category:obscure_fact]]

Revision as of 02:07, 31 December 2019

From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959
Because some scribes of Norman England didn't know enuf about Anglo-Saxon to continue spelling words like "hwaet" with an hw, but instead spelled them wh, the h element has almost disappeared in recent-immigrant-dominated regions of the US like the Atlantic seaboard, and Y and "why?" are pronounced identically. Hence such puns as YFanac.
From Fancyclopedia 1, ca. 1944
Because some scribes of Norman England didn't know enuf about Anglo-Saxon to continue spelling words like "hwaet" with a hw, but instead spelled them wh, the h element has almost disappeared in recentimmigrant-dominated regions of the US like the Atlantic seaboard, and Y and "why?" are pronounced identically. Hence such organizations as the YIAOPUMUMSTFPUSA, Unltd.