One of the more irritating
common misconceptions. 'Ye', as an old english
word, meant 'you'. It has
never meant 'the' as it would have to in order for Ye Olde Tea Shoppe to make sense. Christ almighty!
"
You know, I bet we'd get a lot more visitors to our cafe if we tried to get the oldies in.
You know, in a kind of 'Ye Olde Tea Shoppe' kind of
way."
"You ignorant twat." (etc)