Archaic? language

Should that be “I beg of thee, thy pardon!” ? or are we getting into “Don’t thee thou me!” territory?

“Beg tha’ parden”¹ I think would be the version from my childhood years and pretty similar with current usage.

¹ One thing to note is that “thi” and “tha” are far more commonly used than the written thee and thou (Or in certain parts of Sheffield² “dee” and “da”)

This is all fab!

A long time ago in Wiltshire where we were sharing a house with in a dairy farming family the head of household, who liked to eat his meal in peace, would call for silence with a curt “shut thee ed and eat thee vittals”.

I quite like the word “presently”. It means “soon” but it seems that it’s a word unknown to younger people.

I quite like the word “presently”. It means “soon”

At this time or period; now.

but it seems that it’s a word unknown to younger people.

A statement that, sadly, applies to a very large percentage of the language, and anything they can’t “google” properly…

call for silence with a curt “shut thee ed and eat thee vittals”.

More likely "shut thi’ ed and eat thi’vittles” I would have thought.

Go a bit further north, it’s more like “Sh*t yer heid”.