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George Carlin Shakespeare Connection
Just heard on NPR's Wait Wait show that George Carlin's grandfather wrote out the complete works of Shakespeare, just because he liked it.
If true, that's kind of cool. People talk about a life goal of reading the complete works, try writing them out!
There's a bit for somebody to do - find the Shakespearean equivalent to all of Carlin's "Seven Dirty Words".
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I'm working on seeing them all on stage...but I think I'll have to pass on that one.
I have noticed that Shakespeare has a special fondness for the fourth of the filthy words listed on this particular transcript of Carlin's monologue but apparently, it was considered so rude even then, he concealed it inside of puns and other forms of wordplay.
As for the filthy words, I love the bard's insults, Coxcomb! =)
--rich
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