Things we say today that we owe to Shakespeare

It is amazing how many things we say today that were actually coined by Shakespeare. I mean, eveybody knows the classics, such as, to be or not to be, etcetera etcetera.
But did you know how much the man with one earring, Elizabethan collar and a vocabulary of over 23,000 words, still influences our lives today?

Well, Becky, a 20 year old Literature student in London does.
She scribbled down all the phrases she could think of at 3am, and here is the product.

What do you think??

 

Can you think of any others?

To learn more about Becky and her 52 books in 52 weeks challenge, visit here blog here

(via English Muse, from run)

Beware of the Froggies French Author Challenge!

I have decided to join the We Want you to Read French Authors Challenge!

I am taking the Jules Verne challenge of 10 books in one year,
are you going to join??

I am starting with:

• Le Petit Prince
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• Selected Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant

 If you're interested in the challenge, check out the source here.


 The Books: