7. Invent a new word.
Decide what concept, idea,
emotion or object is as yet
unnamed in English and invent an
etymologically sound word to
identify it.
8. Invent a new word.
Decide what concept, idea,
emotion or object is as yet
unnamed in English and invent an
etymologically sound word to
identify it.
You have 5 minutes.
51. Of course, he had his failures, too.
Like ‘unhappy’ as a verb
52. Of course, he had his failures, too.
Like ‘unhappy’ as a verb
‘Toby unhappied Mr Ryan.
53. Of course, he had his failures, too.
Like ‘unhappy’ as a verb
‘Toby unhappied Mr Ryan. Again.’
54.
55. So, Shakespeare introduced a
lot of words into English. (He
didn’t necessarily invent the
words, by the way...)
56. So, Shakespeare introduced a
lot of words into English. (He
didn’t necessarily invent the
words, by the way...)
As an example of how insanely innovative
he was, plays like Macbeth, Hamlet and
King Lear contain about one neologism
every two-and-a-half lines.
59. He was good with phrasing, too
Hamlet: ‘Though I am native
here and to the manner born,
it is a custom more honoured
in the breach than in the
observance.’
60. He was good with phrasing, too
Hamlet: ‘Though I am native
here and to the manner born,
it is a custom more honoured
in the breach than in the
observance.’
(Two in one sentence!)
67. Or...
‘vanish into thin air...’
‘bag and baggage’
‘budge an inch’
‘be cruel to be kind’
‘foregone conclusion’
68. Or...
‘vanish into thin air...’
‘bag and baggage’
‘budge an inch’
‘be cruel to be kind’
‘foregone conclusion’
‘tower of strength’
69.
70. If the Oxford Dictionary of
Quotations is reliable,
Shakespeare alone produced
10% of the most-quotable
phrases in English.
71.
72. Probably, and arguably, only the
King James Bible (produced at
the same time) has done more to
shape and define the English
Language
73.
74. Along with the KJV Bible,
Shakespeare did a lot to
establish English as the ‘official’
language of England. Latin was
dominant in official spheres up
until that time.
75.
76. So, without Will, you would no
doubt be spending ten hours
a day at school mastering
Latin, just like he had to.
77. So, without Will, you would no
doubt be spending ten hours
a day at school mastering
Latin, just like he had to.
