Question:
How many words did Shakespeare make up?
willie w
2006-05-19 19:35:06 UTC
Shakespeare was known to make up words. I want to know how many.
Eight answers:
2006-05-19 19:37:07 UTC
only 26? http://www.william-shakespeare.info/william-shakespeare-dictionary.htm
2006-05-19 19:49:07 UTC
Jesus all these guesses, William Shakespear made about 21,000 words, while the average words used a day in England, was less than 500.
2006-05-19 19:35:30 UTC
26
mickyrisk
2006-05-20 01:52:15 UTC
Over 1700
zeebaneighba
2006-05-20 23:02:39 UTC
All these guesses indeed.....mickyrisk is the closest to the mark--scholars seem to agree that it was 1500-1700. His entire VOCABULARY (The Sitting...) was guessed to be about 21,000 words, but that would be all the words he used, not the ones he invented.
2006-05-19 22:11:17 UTC
Just as many as he needed.

If you include the 4 different ways he spelled his name, you've got to add a few more.
justmamabay
2006-05-19 19:39:40 UTC
hey i think i know u do u live in chicago?
chocoroll_3
2006-05-19 19:42:46 UTC
dunno maibe bout 30


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