Y is the letter for this week's ABC Wednesday. So, here is a bit of trivia about two words we use a lot. Yes A long time ago, when you answered "Yes" to a negative question, you were really saying "No." For example, if someone asked, "You don't want to die, do you?" The other person replied, "Yes!" To reply affirmatively to a question, one said "Yea." How very confusing, no? You The word you comes from Old English. Back then, people had a singular and plural form for you . When addressing a specific person, they used thou , as "Thou sings well." When talking to more than one person, out came the you : "You (all) sing well." As Old English moved forward into modern English times, people began to use you as a form of respect for talking to strangers and for those they considered socially higher than them. The use of thou , contrary to how we think of it today, was for familiar use. "Hey, thou! How