>Shakespeare >Shakspere >Shakespear >Shakspeare How is he the greatest writer in the English language? Fucker couldn't even spell his own name correctly.

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Anonymous Fri Dec 9 15:12:46 2016 No.8821316 [Reply] [Original]

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How is he the greatest writer in the English language? Fucker couldn't even spell his own name correctly.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 9 15:14:15 2016 No.8821323 He was trying to keep scholars on their toes.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 9 15:15:54 2016 No.8821331 >>8821316 English spelling at the time was very fluid. There was no correct spelling because there was no common consensus.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 9 15:18:27 2016 No.8821336 >>8821316 Because he dictated. Shakespeare was illiterate, and actually a high-level strong oral tradition.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 9 15:19:38 2016 No.8821340 Shakespeare was one of the first performance artists go through numerous rebrandings.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 9 15:26:17 2016 No.8821365 >>8821316 The Shaky conspiracy literally goes back to Longinus

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