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How Shakespearean are you?

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Bridget

Having read a fascinating article from the Oxford University Press, I put a bit of my previous blog post into their handy ‘Shakespearometer’ (my word – sorry OUP!) to see how it stood up to the grammar and spelling of the Bard. I was very pleased to see that my English was “83% Shakespearean” and told “The waters of the Avon almost lap at your feet.” Chuffed.

Try it yourself.

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