Fayre!

Oreo

Are they merry or drunk tho?

Hard to say, it depends entriely on how you understand the first line of the carol. Does it mean

May God let you remain merry, gentlemen and let nothing you dismay?

Every year when we sang it as school there were discussions amongst the staff as to whether there be a coma before or after merry.

God rest ye, merry gentlemen
and
God rest ye merry, gentlemen

are too different things after all.

Oreo

Are they merry or drunk tho?

A bit.

Cheers🥂🍾

Oh that’s not fair!

Drowning their sorrows

How fare the fayre ladies?

Are they merry or drunk tho?

Gransnet for Ye Fayre Ladies
And Ye Merry Gentlemen

Ye Olde Christmas Fayre 😁
Ye just means the in any case.
How about ‘ Gransnet for ye olde people of ye UK’ 😊

A Ladye Fayre too.

Out of interest I just looked up ‘fayre’ in my very big fat Oxford dictionary.

It just says, ‘pseudo-archaic spelling of ‘fair’.’

TBH I would have thought it’d be ditto of ‘fare’ but I’m not arguing with the OED.

Oh, I have.

But the correct use is for food.

Maybe you’ve never seen a fair advertised as a fayre, Callistemon - I’m afraid I have. Too often.

I thought that was fare

Fayre means food in fact eg local fayre

Not a School Fair

Probably believe it is medieval, or some such rot. Lend it another dimension.

Yes I hate it, and also Ye Olde whatever -who are they kidding?

Think the pub chain Brewers Fayre spell it that way, don't they? It annoys me too.

Yes, it’s silly and incorrect. Really grates when I see it.

Yes I do too! It's pretentious and unnecessary.