Comment on Not the 'Beowulf' You Think You KnowparentComments−tptacek6yMcWhorter's argument, distilled, is that we should not teach Shakespeare. :)−pvg6yIs it? I've read some of the articles he's written about this and it seems to be mostly 'watching performances of Shakespeare's plays does not magically make you understand Early Modern English'.−tptacek6yI'm probably blurring stuff he's said on Lexicon Valley with stuff he's written.−pvg6yI guess I'll have to listen to those now to hunt down your weaselry!
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McWhorter's argument, distilled, is that we should not teach Shakespeare. :)
Is it? I've read some of the articles he's written about this and it seems to be mostly 'watching performances of Shakespeare's plays does not magically make you understand Early Modern English'.
I'm probably blurring stuff he's said on Lexicon Valley with stuff he's written.
I guess I'll have to listen to those now to hunt down your weaselry!