Last Updated: 23.04.2009 at 19.54
For talk like Shakespeare day
1. Instead of you, say thou. Instead of yall, say thee.
2. Rhymed couplets are all the rage.
3. Men are Sirrah, ladies are Mistress, and your friends are all called Cousin.
4. Instead of cursing, try calling your tormenters jackanapes or canker-blossoms or poisonous bunch-backd toads.
5. Dont waste time saying it, just use the letter t (tis, twill, Ill dot).
6. Verse for lovers, prose for ruffians, songs for clowns.
7. When in doubt, add the letters eth to the end of verbs (he runneth, he trippeth, he falleth).
8. To add weight to your opinions, try starting them with methinks, mayhaps, in sooth or wherefore.
9. When wooing ladies: try comparing her to a summers day. If that fails, say Get thee to a nunnery!
10. When wooing lads: try dressing up like a man. If that fails, throw him in the Tower, banish his friends and claim the throne.