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ENGLISH is the international language of law and commerce. Knowing FRENCH is useful for understanding LEGAL ENGLISH, but FRENCH is not the international language of law and commerce, so we will ignore French speakers who speak to us in the language of a conquered people.

Non.

I understand that you are a proud Québécois, but the people here have nothing but contempt for you because of decades of transfer payments and NONE OF YOU understanding what Quebec sovereignty means. None of you know who Russell Rogers Smith is, and you're too proud and arrogant to teach. Just go away and be Retardier somewhere else.

Volume 8

Oct 13, 2014 11:46 PM

Scott Duncan

LOOK AT ALL THE NEW WORDS

Shakespeare's influence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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William Shakespeare's influence extends from theatre and literature to present-day movies and the English language itself. Widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language,[1] and the world's pre-eminent dramatist,[2][3][4] Shakespeare transformed European theatre by expanding expectat”

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T?lis B?auns

"He created these words by, "changing nouns into verbs, changing verbs into adjectives, connecting words never before used together, adding prefixes and suffixes, and devising words wholly original." (from above wiki)

There is no evidence there was in Shakespeare’s lifetime any concept of author’s rights”. (85, emphasis added) (re. author's rights) 1908, Matus (not a lawyer) rejects the idea that the common law would not have allowed the publication of a manuscript without the consent of its author, declaring with self-imposed authority http://shakespeare-oxford.com/wp-content/oxfordian/to-01-detobel-author_rights.pdf

T?lis B?auns

A complete set of Shakespeare translations in Esperanto — 26 volumes in all. The earliest, The Tempest, dated from 1905 and the latest, the ninth edition of Hamlet, from 2006. http://blog.shakespearegeek.com/2007/11/shakespeare-in-esperanto.html

Scott Duncan

Yes, but only if you have new words to fill the gaps.

The purpose is to introduce the words. At the time, it was sold as "Olde English", but the GOAL was to make it seem like use of these words made you appear "smart".

Anibal Jose Baez

Looking more closely, the same was been done by the Spanish nobility by introducing Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. Some refer to Spanish as "la lengua de Cervantes" ("the language of Cervantes"). He wrote Don Quixote de la Mancha. If he really existed.

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