HOW TO TALK LIKE SHAKESPEARE

           




PAY ATTENTION:

      1.- Instead of you,  say thou or thee (and instead y'all say ye)

      2.- Rhymed couplets are all the rage

      3.- Men are Shirrad, ladies are Mistress and your friends all are called Cousin

      4.- Instead of cursing, try calling your tormenters jackanapes or canker-blossoms or polsonous bunch-back'd toads

      5.- Don't waste time saying "it", just use the letter "t" ('tis, t' will, I´ll do't)

      6.- Verse for lovers, prose for ruffians, songs for clowns

     7.- When in doubt, add the letters "eth" to the end of the verbs (he runneth,  he trippeth,...)

      8.- To add weight to your opinions, try starting them with methinks, mayhaps, in shooth,or wherefore

      9.- When wooing ladies:  try comparing her to a summer's day. If that fails, say "Get thee to a nunnery"

      10.- When wooing lads: try dressing up like a man. If that fails,  throw him in the Tower, banish his friends and claim the throne

     

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