What Fools These Mortals Be
In preparation for attending a local theatre production of "The Taming of the Shrew," I ducked into a Barnes & Noble outside Dallas in hopes of finding a paperback version of the play to read on the plane.
Helpful saleslady: "You look like you could use some help. Is there something specific you're looking for today?"
Me: "I'm looking for 'Taming of the Shrew' by Shakespeare."
Saleslady: "OK. Shakespeare has his own corner right over here. Let me show you. Yes. Here it is, 'Taming of the Shrew.' And this is my favorite edition. Look! All the left-hand pages are Shakespeare, and the right-hand pages are an exact English translation!"
. . . um, OK. I know I'm living out on the edge of normal with an advanced degree in English literature, but I never realized I was bi-lingual. Apparently, it's true. I speak English and Shakespeare. Sometimes both at the same time.
Thou cans't maketh this sh*t up.
posted by threadingwater at 11/14/2005 02:44:00 PM
3 Comments:
!!! I suppose I should try to respond in English but words fail me.
so you and Second Nature could fight for that one English professorship that comes up in American Academia each year? Wow. And I though we were twins.
Love,
Blue Gal
It's worse than that, BG. My degree is in English/CREATIVE WRITING. Creative writing as in POETRY, the teaching of which earns me approximately $100 per year. I've never earned more than $1,000 a year as a poet, writing and teaching combined.
But I am bi-lingual. And, I'm keeping the day job.
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