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tommy Eternal Order Devil’s Island 16238 Posts 
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What the *** is a Shakespeare?
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kcg5 Inner circle who wants four fried chickens and a coke 1875 Posts
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I always carry a pocket dictionary. I love words.
Nobody expects the spanish inquisition!!!!!
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2551 Posts
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It's how a Spartan intimidates his enemy, but I digress...
Quote: On 2009-05-11 14:14, tommy wrote:
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27143 Posts
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One might ask what many of the recent additions to our oft used words serve to express and in what context.
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Josh Chaikin Inner circle Kansas City 1430 Posts
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I think a lot of it might stem from the proliferation of our digital culture. Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, text messaging, etc...people tend to use "4" instead of "for," UR, omg, etc...I've heard these acronyms used in daily speech. It's a sign of the times.
Certainly this is decaying from what we're used to, or especially since the times of Shakespeare. Bear in mind though, that in Shakespeare's day, there were only 50,000 or so words in the English language. That may have an affect on things, or it may not. To answer the original questions, yes, I have read most of Shakespare's plays, appeared in several and memorized many monologues. I have not read the Republic, but I have read Plato's dialogues, and I refuse to see "Dude, Where's my Car." Our culture makes things easier now, we want instant gratification. I can order pizza with my iPhone, without ever speaking to anyone, and have it waiting for me by the time I get home. The only thing constant is change. We can never go back to before. And all that. |
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Nosher Loyal user 261 Posts
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On 2009-05-11 14:14, tommy wrote: I'm not exactly sure, but I know someone who is... "BUSH: I was in Crawford and I said I was looking for a book to read and Laura said 'you oughta try Camus', I also read three Shakespeares."
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2551 Posts
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True dat. I wonder if the ever increasing use of the F word reflects a pandemic of social frustration at the current goings on in the world?
Or maybe I just got up too early. Quote: On 2009-05-11 16:01, Jonathan Townsend wrote:
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
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kcg5 Inner circle who wants four fried chickens and a coke 1875 Posts
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It was a funny movie, at times, the tattoo scene was good.
Nobody expects the spanish inquisition!!!!!
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1192 Posts
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I agree. Dude, Where's My Car? is underrated.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2551 Posts
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"Beerfest" blows it out of the water.
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
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