It is also Saint George’s Day, but a saint that doesn’t mean much to us. Whereas William, even with his imagination, could not have predicted how many millions of people would be seeing his plays, saying his sayings and coming to visit his home town. He would probably not have liked what we did to his wonderful language, but living languages change all the time. He was also not responsible for the ways in which English has been spread around the world, but with the negatives come the positives. Around the world bilingual and multilingual folk can communicate with a common language and if we only speak English we must applaud them for learning and talking to us. No doubt Shakespeare would have his own blog and smart phone if they had been around then.
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Well said, Janet!
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Thanks Liz.
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You’re welcome, Janet.
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Shall we compare him to a Summer’s day?
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A very Happy Birthday to one of the greatest writers ever…who certainly would have mastered the art of social media as well.🙂
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Yes that’s for sure Bruce.
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It’s fun to imagine him coming back and seeing what’s happened since his death regarding his literature.
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In demand to be interviewed on television. Would he approve or think we took him too seriously?
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I wonderf how many followers hs blog would have had? 🙂
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Yes Jim, would he have written about his own life or serialised his plays?
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And would he have used twitter? So many possibilities!
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I love the idea of Shakespear with a smart phone! We could follow him on WordPress too.
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Yes and he would be sure to enjoy reading our blogs – if he had time!
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A lovely tribute to William Shakespeare, Janet. We visited Stratford on Avon in 2017.
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Hello Robbie, yes we enjoyed several visits, just to think of some of those old houses still standing is amazing.
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