Yale no longer requires Students to learn Shakespear or English to get an English degree
https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/38303/ This is the way the world ends.This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but with stupid! Congrats Yale for making yr degrees worthless! WTG!
This is pretty sad news. Particularly if we consider that Yale is one of the oldest and presumably one of the most reputable universities in the US.
Maybe the "English majors" there will soon be studying the fine specimens of writing produced on such platforms as Facebook. Ugh...
Next they will be offering degrees in Emojjis. What is it with crazy and illiterate people punctuating all their posts with half a dozen of these stupid things. It makes zero sense to me. :(
I just had to show you this. A heading with 12 (yes, twelve) emoticons! In a heading!
https://steemit.com/photography/@leno4ek/the-palace-of-baron-von-mecc-in-tula-region-russia-2017-10-31-15-44-38
Is that excessively excessive? Incredibly excessive? Or just plain "too much"?
Too much, way way too much. :)
:-)
Maybe it's because they are crazy and illiterate.
yeah i appreciate
I just like to say that you missed the "e" at the end of the name of "Shakespear" (Shakespeare) in the title.
I just write this to let you know.
Enjoy Steemit!
Have a nice day!
Hey there... Did you know that Shakespear actually spelled his name with multiple variations including and excluding the e at the end. Just an FYI ;)
No, I didn't know that.
I have only seen his name written as "William Shakespeare" or "Shakespeare" before, but not as "Shakespear".
According to the Urban Dictionary, it's a "common mis-spelling of William Shakespeare", but thanks for the info!
https://politicworm.com/oxford-shakespeare/to-be-or-not-to-be-shakespeare/why-not-william/the-authorship-question-2/how-he-spelled-his-name/six-signatures/ I wouldn't really go with urban dictionary as a source. ;) We do have samples of his name as a signature... 6 of them all spelled differently.
Regardless of the spelling of Shakespear(e), I'm confident that "yr" is misspelled.
Those are just signatures.
Some people are using abbreviations in their signatures.
Some people are even lucky that their signatures are readable.
To be honest I can't even read William Shakespeare's signatures.
The signatures and the correct spellings are different things.
The correct spelling of his name is still "William Shakespeare".
The definition of Urban Dictionary about this is still correct.
No matter, if you would use it as a source or not.
Who in the world trusts Urban Dictionary?
This is not just about Urban Dictionary.
But - since it's crowdsourced -, a lot of people, if you ask.
"...Urban Dictionary averages 72 million impressions and 18 million unique readers."
"Anyone with either a Facebook or Gmail account can make a submission to the dictionary, and it has been stated that entries are reviewed by 20,000 volunteer editors."
Back to the writing of the name of Shakespeare:
William Shakespeare used the "Shakespeare" form in the first editions of the Venus and Adonis (1593), which is probably Shakespeare's first publication and he also used this form in The Rape of Lucrece (1594), which is currently considered as his second publication. This ("Shakespeare") form was the most common published form in Shakespeare's lifetime.
The form of "Shakespear" was used in the past (in the 18th century), but nowadays it is considered as a mis-spelling by most of the people.
I have got these quotes and the previously mentioned informations from the Wikipedia, which is also used by a lot of people (much more than Urban Dictionary).
Sources:
Spelling of Shakespeare's name - Wikipedia.
Urban Dictionary - Wikipedia.
Reading Shakespeare offers amazing insight into the evolution of the English language. Shakespeare is an imitable genius. His themes are universal, his use of language without peer and his dramatic talent perfectly tuned.
Absolutely. I don't think a person can call themselves educated if they don't know the work of "Da Man!"
Ha-ha - agreed. And I meant, "inimitable". LOL.
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nice post
thanks
Sad news I feel that students should be learning more material.
@goddaily
More material than what? You mean, than Shakespeare? If you learn mathematics, you start at the beginning and learn in stages. It's the same with English, the use of the English language through representations in language, such as plays, (from the Greek, through to the modern age, including Shakespeare), poetry, novels, short stories, film, etc. But to miss out on Shakespeare is to miss out on a vital building block.
Correction= world is not going to end the Us might with all the fucking b**shit people