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Everyday phrases that came from Shakespeare

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gggg gggg

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Apr 1, 2022, 10:41:00 AM4/1/22
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marc hanson

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Apr 1, 2022, 12:32:01 PM4/1/22
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On Friday, April 1, 2022 at 10:41:00 AM UTC-4, gggg gggg wrote:
> 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]

marc

John W Kennedy

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Apr 2, 2022, 6:22:28 PM4/2/22
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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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