Was doing a bit of Agincourt with Thing One before school today and we naturally watched some of Kenneth Branagh's Henry V on YouChoob to properly get in the idiom (see below). Nothing like seeing the French fleeing in disarray to set you up for the day.
Disappearing down the YouChoob rabbit hole, I also found this clip of Branagh explaining some of the Shakespeare we use everyday. It's only 60 seconds - nothing heavy.
Henry V Agincourt speech (highest rated comment: "i was so moved i punched a frenchman.")
Taking a slash
5 days ago
Yes, but when I thrumptety things umpity, people just think I'm weird. Bill got away with lots because of the general level of illiteracy at the time. He'd be locked up, trying to to pull that shit today. We apply meaning and gravitas to it because of social conditioning. Hell yeah - I'm making a stand. Shakespeare is shit. I'm not ashamed to say it. Anonymously.
ReplyDeleteDude - that's *poetry*
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