Shakespeare - The History of English (3/10)

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This video shows us that Shakespeare invented over 2000 new words and phrases like eyeball, anchovy and puppy.

(Part 3 of 10)
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[chasch]

I know it's meant to be funny, but people didn't drink tea in England yet in the Elizabethan age!

@ihnlChiv Shakespeare would also change change words to make new ones, like the word "amazement" our of "maze"; as in, you're so confused that you feel like you're in a maze, which came to mean: in wonderment. People would understand the word from the context, and then start using them because it was fashionable to try new ones out!

[eugrus]

Am I the only one who feels that it is an article from the The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

[thehumburger]

I suppose this is meant to appeal to people with short attention spans who favor cheap entertainment over education.

[naizaguy]

Probably he was not smart enough to be able to foretell that people would entertain such distasteful tendencies of monumentalizing the greatness. However, it is precisely due to this natural predisposition that his works were rendered immortal. Immortal yet dead concomitantly. What is a monument but a gravestone to remark upon the elapsed ebbs of greatness?

[Neil Mansell]

Because you touch yourself at night!

[TheShakespeareNinja]

Fun series to watch. Thanks for posting!

[LeonDomremyFrancia]

iren ojetes un ancestro mio jue kien realmente escribio 'romeoy julieta'' nomas que erabien pedo ymujeriego ypos como chekspir eraun iman que atraía güenas nalgas pos mi ancestro ledijo: ''oyes güey, consigueme 2biejas pa hoy enla noche yte paso un drama qe escribí qe por ay tengo arrunbao aver qe hases con el'' ,y ora piensan ke Chekspir la escribio .posi chekspir eraun marigüano y pedo ke chingaos iva a escrebir ese güey LOL !

[barryasswipe]

Everyone has to die, even smart people.

[LeroyRifkin]

What is trolling? It was a valid question, I demand an answer. So far no one has been able to provide an answer to ye question I be asking.

[dutchdevil96]

Are you trolling or being actually serious ?