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Rhyming is part of the problem. Playwrights' work has to be remembered by the actors by heart. Also, the ones you mentioned lived in the 16th century, when lan
by blumkvist 12y ago
Rhyming is part of the problem. Playwrights' work has to be remembered by the actors by heart.
Also, the ones you mentioned lived in the 16th century, when languages were not very sophisticated.
- nmyk 12y agoI'm not sure what you mean by "sophisticated". Languages in the 16th century were just as complex as they always have been. The vocabularies might be bigger or smaller compared to today. Certainly no one was saying "bae" back then (for instance), but no one calls each other "thou" today, either. EDIT: except for the older generations of Geordies, apparently.
- blumkvist 12y agoWhat I mean is that in the 16th century there were much less words than today, or let's say the 19th century.