The Big Bang Theory (TV Show) Bugbear (Nerd Alert)

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I really like the Big Bang Theory, it's one of my favourite shows, but...

It is nagging at the back of my nerdy mind that in the Second Season episode 'The Codpiece Topology' where the guys visit a renaissance fair Sheldon is heard to say,

"It was rife with historical inaccuracies... "

A few minutes later he then says,

"That was not fifteenth century soap, my God those people need to learn you can’t just put “ye olde” in front of anything and expect to get away with it."

This really bugs me. The 'Y' used in 'Ye' is not a 'Y' but the Middle English letter 'thorn',


which is pronounced 'th'.

So Sheldon, being the smarty pants of the group and ought to know better, should have pronounced it "the" not "yee" (this goes for anyone who pronounces it as "yee" [ji] and not 'the'). He was wrong.

I feel much better now I got that off my chest.

MM

I'm delighted thou pointed yis out. Wiyout constant vigilance, yis sort of ying could yeriously damage programmes like 'Ye Big Bang Yeory'.

In fact, just thesterday, I yought about how often thokels and thammerheads yink yeth're right when yeth couldn't be grammaticallth correct if thou pointed it out to yem.

Yank thou for thour conyideration.

Boru