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  1. Re:Who cares what the artists want? by Woldry · · Score: 1 · on UK Copyright Under Fire Again

    # People spell the names of famous artists incorrectly.

    I agree with your general points, but I had to jump on this one. It's amusing that you picked on the spelling of "Shakespeare", considering the well-documented history of the variant spellings even in the Bard's day (and even by the Bard himself, by some accounts).

  2. Re:Damned if you do, damned if you don't by IIH · · Score: 1 · on Sorting Through the Analog to Digital TV Mess
    Otherwise, we should trash newspapers and "Shakespear" (sic - hmm, maybe you're right about the dumbing down...), too.

    Before you make claims like that:
    a) It's wise to check first - Shakespeare's name has been spelt several different ways
    b) Be forgiving of typos.

  3. "Shakspear" by Acy+James+Stapp · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Sorting Through the Analog to Digital TV Mess

    Shakespeare's name was spelled many different ways in Elizabethan times, even by himself.

    http://shakespeareauthorship.com/name1.html

    So any close spelling is really legitimate.

  4. Re:It's not translated by Noren · · Score: 3, Informative · on Thyne Oldest Known Tech Manual
    Centuries later, Shakespeare/ Shake-speare/ Shakespere/ Shakespear/ Shakspeare/ Shackspeare would continue this grand tradition of spelling things erratically, including his own name.

    There existed no English dictionary at the time, and most formal documents (and nearly all scholarly texts) were written in Latin or Greek. In the second paragraph Chaucer states that the reason he was writing in English was that his young son for whom he's allegedly writing this didn't know Latin yet. Paragraphs two and three are basically a long justification (excuse?) for writing this whole thing in English, because literate people of the time were all expected to know Latin and Greek. One of the reasons many of Chaucer's works survived and are read to this day (e.g. Canterbury Tales) is that he was willing to write in English- unusual for the time.

  5. Re:I can't figure out... by eric777 · · Score: 1 · on Thyne Oldest Known Tech Manual
    Why would you expect that?

    Don't hold Chaucer up to modern standards.

    Nobody gave a rat's ass for English spelling before the revolution of the printing press.

    Shakespeare spelled his own name a bunch of different ways - according to the BBC, even two different ways in his own will(!)

    here is a ridiculously exhaustive analysis of the different ways to spell 'Shakespeare.'

    Consistency (of spelling and other things) just wasn't as important before 'modern' times...

  6. Re:Flashback: by mattdm · · Score: 1 · on Technology In Primary Education, Boon Or Bane?

    And Shakespeare even knew how to spell his own name. Imagine that!

    Did he, though?

  7. Re:1985..... by trixillion · · Score: 0, Offtopic · on The Best Of Planetary Explorers

    Shakespear(no 'e')

    Friend, you might want to look that up.

  8. Re:Well lets hope by JordoCrouse · · Score: 1 · on 1660 Diary Becomes 2003 Weblog

    psst.. In the future, you probably should read this
    before making an ass out of yourself.

    Just a suggestion.

  9. He's well aware, I think, of how to spell it by screwballicus · · Score: 2 · on Apple Cuts Off Under-18 Darwin Developer
    If you take a look at this very useful document, you'll see that "Shakespere" is a perfectly legitimate spelling of the man's name and occurs frequently. Other attested spellings are

    Shake-speare (very common)

    Shakespear

    Shakspeer

    Shaksperr

    and

    Sheakspear