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0 pointstptacek5y ago0 comments

McWhorter's argument, distilled, is that we should not teach Shakespeare. :)

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pvg5y ago· 2 in thread

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'.

tptacekOP5y ago

I'm probably blurring stuff he's said on Lexicon Valley with stuff he's written.

pvg5y ago

I guess I'll have to listen to those now to hunt down your weaselry!

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