The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #123950   Message #2734734
Posted By: MGM·Lion
30-Sep-09 - 02:04 AM
Thread Name: BS: Everyday Shakespeare
Subject: RE: BS: Everyday Shakespeare
You reckon so, Meself? Just try checking every quote of 'Wherefore art thou?' or every ref to MofV you come across & see how many get it right! I mean, for a start, just look at the 'Wherefore' efforts above that provoked McGrath's post to which I was responding. So McGrath knows, & you know, & I know. Let's see how many more as the thread goes on...

Just one for·instance: a cartoon in The Spectator a few months ago, showing Juliet seated at her desktop, with 'Search — Romeo, Romeo' on the screen. And that is supposed to be a journal for the educated...

So there's for thee, Mercutio!