Talk Like Shakespeare Day

National Talk Like Shakespeare Day is observed annually on April 23.  Born April 23, 1564, William Shakespeare is the author of some of the world’s most celebrated plays and poems.  In 2016, we honored the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death. What better way to celebrate his life and art than to speak like poet and playwright.  Talk Like Shakespeare Day is a holiday to use words that William Shakespeare commonly used in his plays and sonnets. If you’re not sure what to say you can start with adding words like thee and thou into your vocabulary. You can also look up words and phrases that were invented by Shakespeare (many of which we still use) and say those. This holiday is celebrated on Shakespeare’s birthday, which is also an official holiday in the United Kingdom.

Many of the phrases we use today we can owe to Shakespeare.

We could make you wait with bated breath for the list. We could send you on a wild goose chase to find them.  For goodness sake, you might just be the laughing stock if we did!

Oh, come now.  No need to fight fire with fire. Come what may we will give you the naked truth and teach to you talk like Shakespeare. We’ll snatch you out of the jaws of death and put you in a pickle too while we are at it!

What makes your hair stand on end? Did we set your teeth on edge? Well, what’s done is done.

You may be such a sorry sight, but still, the world is your oyster even if you wear your heart on your sleeve.  Aye, you have seen better days! We must send you packing.  It’s all Greek to you anyway!