Thursday Dubbed “Talk Like Shakespeare Day”

n case you don’t have your calendar marked, Thursday happens to be Shakespeare’s 445 birthday, and in celebration of this, Mayor Daley has decided to name Thursday “Talk Like Shakespeare Day”. Though Bookslut makes a fair point about creepy dudes speaking in iambic pentameter, I have to say that the website for the event is rather entertaining and web savvy. They include guidelines to help you speak like shakespeare, links to youtube videos featuring humorous depictions of his work, a live feed that anyone can post to, and a bunch of other stuff. I particularly like this suggestion for speaking like Shakespeare: 4. Instead of cursing, try calling your tormenters jackanapes or canker-blossoms or poisonous bunch-back’d toads. Mayhaps I’ll put some of these into action come Thursday.