H was kind enough to alert me to the fact that today is, per Mayor Daley and Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, “Talk Like Shakespeare Day.” I’m pretty sure that has the potential to be even more annoying than International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

And, regrettably, as H points out, whoever wrote the suggestions of how to talk like the Bard thinks that that “thee” is plural, not accusative. Alas. How will our children ever learn to use “thee” properly if we do not set a good example for them?

But 445th Happy Birthday to the Bard, anyway. I got my start working in Shakespeare, and I do love it in (most of) its many many (many) forms.