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Can you name the variants in the spelling of Shakespeare that were used from 1564 to 1616?
created by
lukebradford
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The Spelling and Pronunciation of Shakespeare
Obvious abbreviations excluded. Inspired by "Can you spell Gadaffi?" http://www.sporcle.com/games/SporcleEXP/Gadaffi
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Can you spell Shakespeare? Quiz
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Created Mar 22, 2011 in
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codejlandt
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Mar 22nd, 2011 at 17:40 GMT
2 points
Great quiz! One comment: You have 'Shaksper' listed twice.
lukebradford
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Mar 22nd, 2011 at 19:13 GMT
2 points
Thanks for catching that.
ShakespeareItUp
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Apr 17th, 2011 at 00:51 GMT
1 point
God that was hard! Great quiz!
ChrisCottrell
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May 3rd, 2011 at 23:38 GMT
2 points
Really interesting quiz! By reading down the list, you can see how the spellings slowly degenerate by neglecting or adding a letter, then neglecting a pair of the commonly forgotten letters, and so on. It's a cool insight into what parts of speech people may focus on - except for 'Shaxberd'. Seriously, four times?!
tulliuscicero
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May 7th, 2011 at 11:56 GMT
1 point
What's really cool is that Shakespeare has six signatures known to exist, but they're all spelled differently and he never uses Shakespeare.
Kolrad
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May 13th, 2011 at 20:29 GMT
1 point
It didn't accept "Shaq." Just kidding; neat quiz!
Toby123
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Oct 27th, 2011 at 13:17 GMT
1 point
good job =)
paulinomial
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Dec 18th, 2011 at 20:00 GMT
1 point
"Shakespeare" is all so weird now. Brain = satiated!
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