4/23/2012 1 Comment Observing #TalkLikeShakespeare Day![]() We recalled this morning, upon perusing our Twitter feed, that today is the day we remember William Shakespeare's influence on our language -- Shakespeare having been born, and died, on or about April 23rd. ==================================== Manual of Style @ChicagoManual 'Tis #TalkLikeShakespeare Day! Partake in the celebration with Gary Logan's The Eloquent Shakespeare: http://bit.ly/J4Qijz ==================================== So, for your enjoyment and edification:
Thou talkest (modern: you talk) You talk He/She/It talketh (modern: he/she/it talks) They talk Note how few changes have been wrought in our pronouns and verb forms by four hundred years' evolution!
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![]() 'I' before 'E' except after 'C' ~ Weird! That's rather it in a nutshell. English is a peculiar language of rules and exceptions and exceptions-to-the-exceptions. Ours is a language that's adopted words from more directions (and other languages) than can be counted, and we've no Ultimate Authority that acts to control the result. It's enchanting and confounding. We at Write and Polish enjoy it for it's very madness, but understand that it makes many want to throw their hands in the air in despair! |
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