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replacement

n.
1.an event in which one thing is substituted for another
2.the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
3.someone who takes the place of another person
4.a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
5.filling again by supplying what has been used up
6.a person who follows next in order

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The 'y' in signs reading "ye olde.." is properly pronounced with a 'th' sound, not 'y'. The "th" sound does not exist in Latin, so ancient Roman occupied (present day) England use the rune "thorn" to represent "th" sounds. With the advent of the printing press the character from the Roman alphabet which closest resembled thorn was the lower case "y". .. More >>