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Forums => English & Linguistics => Topic started by: Noemon on September 21, 2005, 07:28:12 PM

Title: Almost Before We Spoke, We Swore
Post by: Noemon on September 21, 2005, 07:28:12 PM

...according to an article (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/20/science/20curs.html?incamp=article_popular_2) in the New York Times.

Jon Boy, can you confirm what they're saying about the play on words in the title "Much Ado About Nothing"?  I'd never heard that before, and while it's possible (and seems like the kind of thing that Shakespear would have gone for) I'm a bit skeptical for some reason.

Title: Almost Before We Spoke, We Swore
Post by: Porter on September 21, 2005, 07:29:33 PM

As am I.

Title: Almost Before We Spoke, We Swore
Post by: Jonathon on September 21, 2005, 08:06:40 PM

I've never heard anything like that before, and the OED doesn't seem to back it up. A Google search doesn't turn anything up, either. Sounds pretty spurious to me.

Title: Almost Before We Spoke, We Swore
Post by: Brinestone on September 22, 2005, 08:15:34 AM

I had heard about a pun in that title, but I don't remember if it was that pun. Shakespeare did love to pun, though, and most of his puns were dirty. I wouldn't be surprised.