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National Shakespeare Day

National Shakespeare Day. William Shakespeare was one of England’s greatest poets and dramatists. People all around the globe celebrate National Shakespeare Day on April 23 rd each year. National Shakespeare Day – Did you know….

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National Shakespeare Day

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  1. National Shakespeare Day William Shakespeare was one of England’s greatest poets and dramatists. People all around the globe celebrate National Shakespeare Day on April 23rd each year.

  2. National Shakespeare Day – Did you know… The English language owes a great debt to Shakespeare. Shakespeare invented over 1700 of our common words by changing nouns into verbs, changing verbs into adjectives, connecting words never before used together, adding prefixes and suffixes, and devising wholly original words. Fancy a hobnob you green-eyed madcap?

  3. Words Shakespeare Invented Below is a list of a few of the words Shakespeare invented – how many do you recognise?

  4. Shakespeare could also write a good insult or twenty! Thou art a beslubbered, pebbling, churlish clotpole, a beef-witted, gleekng bum-bailey, a gorbellied, mewling hedge born, onion-eyed, fustilarian, cob loaf, flap-eared, knotty-pated measle, you ruttish, reeking, coxcomb, you hugger-mugger moldwarp, you pottle-deep, maggot pie lewdster, yeasty, tickle-brained, whey-faced, nut-hook skainsmate? Watch this insulting video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zchaqy2AlnQ

  5. Create your own Shakespearian insult! Use the table below to create you own insult. Simply start your sentence with ‘thou’ and pick a word from each column! What are you waiting for thou infectious onion-eyed codpiece!

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