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Everyday phrases that came from Shakespeare
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gggg gggg
2022-04-01 14:40:58 UTC
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marc hanson
2022-04-01 16:32:00 UTC
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there are some really surprising, and great phrases here...

i read somewhere, maybe in HLAS,
that some of his writings may have been written down by Shakespeare, but heard from others
[if this were true, it would give us glimmers of spoken language, in 1600 England]

marc
John W Kennedy
2022-04-02 22:22:21 UTC
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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/web-stories/9-everyday-phrases-that-actually-came-from-shakespeare/photostory/90565281.cms
there are some really surprising, and great phrases here...
i read somewhere, maybe in HLAS,
that some of his writings may have been written down by Shakespeare, but heard from others
[if this were true, it would give us glimmers of spoken language, in 1600 England]
The work of any writer is like to do that.
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John W. Kennedy
Algernon Burbage, Lord Roderick, Father Martin, Bishop Baldwin,
King Pellinore, Captain Bailey, Merlin -- A Kingdom for a Stage!
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