MartinR <
martin...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, 26 October 2016 09:36:15 UTC+1, GordonD wrote:
>> On 26/10/2016 03:45, David Amicus wrote:
>> > On Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at 7:14:25 PM UTC-7, MartinS wrote:
>> >> David Amicus <
ami...@webtv.net> wrote:
>> >>> Thanks!
>> >>
>> >> Henry V, Act 4, Scene 3
>> >>
>> >> This day is called the feast of Crispian: He that outlives this
>> >> day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when the day is
>> >> named, And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He that shall live
>> >> this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his
>> >> neighbours, And say 'To-morrow is Saint Crispian:' Then will he
>> >> strip his sleeve and show his scars. And say 'These wounds I had
>> >> on Crispin's day.'
>> >
>> > Every school child whether in Britain or America should be required
>> > to memorize that before they can graduate!
>> >
>> > Shakespeare is the greatest writer ever in the English language!
>> >
>> > LONG LIVE THE BARD OF AVON!!!
>>
>> Why? It has nothing to do with America. Or Scotland, for that matter.
>
> Nearly all Americans and Scots speak English, and Shakespeare wrote in
> English.
All widely differing varieties of English!
Shakespeare had Scottish characters in his plays - Captain Jamy in Henry V
and Macbeth, Macduff, etc in The Scottish Play.
Will's birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon, is under 30 miles from Birmingham,
so his accent would have been quite different from refined Londoners.
--
Martin S