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Today would have been Shakespeare’s 450th birthday, and talklikeshakespeare.org hopes you will speaketh like the Bard himself to celebrate. The site includes a tip sheet and local performance artists Q Brothers’ “Hip-Hop Birthday Anthem” available for listening. Once you have “thou” and “tis” down, throw in a rhyming couplet or two to really show off your Shakespearean skills.
Just Kidding gave it a shot:
Wethinks thy fun shall be great,
when talking like the Bard of late.