Immersing myself in this stuff has prompted me to start a list of "Shakespeare-isms." These are words and phrases that you cannot use today (without sounding like a fool) that appear over and over in his plays:
anon
tarry
come hither
sirrah!
how now?
cur
forsooth
saiest thou
thee
hath
nay
woo
knave
pray you
Reads like some crazy, Lewis Carroll poem.
Forsooth, saiest thou that I may nay use these words anon? How now? I pray you, knave, to reconsider thy (almost "thee") pronouncements. We must woo the general populace to improve their speech. So do not tarry, you cur, to make this known. Sirrah!! Heheheheh!
ReplyDeleteNice one. Forsoooth for sure!
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