I just remembered where 'Ye' is still used - occasionally - we have 'officials' who go out and about at markets and festivities, with bells, and they give them a good donging and then cry 'Hear ye hear ye' and proceed to read out some document or other with lots of whereins and howsoevers, in a loud voice, having just deafened all those within a 10 yard radius.

The position of town crier has been resurrected by places wishing to appear 'quaint' and has gone some way to keeping the threatrical costume makers in work.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: