Happy Birthday, William Shakespeare!
In celebration of Shakespeare’s 445th birthday, the Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley has declared that today is Talk Like Shakespeare Day, and he is encouraging everyone to “incorporate phrases such as ‘prithee,” “thou,” “fie!” and “knave” into their parlance as a way to celebrate the legacy of this language.”
Get Your Own Mask Here: http://www.talklikeshakespeare.org/res/ShakespeareMask.pdf
If you wish to brush up on the language of Shakespeare, check out this video of author John Greek dropping some Shakespearean Insults (the insults start at approximately 1:38):
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Awesome! I totally would have talked like Shakespeare all day if I’d remembered that was today. Oh well, the kids probably would have looked at me like I was crazy