Just when I was thinking that I wanted to read Twelfth Night again —which I can’t, not without buying the book again because a classmate in high school lost it for me— a friend of mine posts something on her blog, which somehow leads us to a discussion on Shakespeare. I won’t explain how exactly that happened (her blog post was about IT work). And yes, I’m fully aware that my first sentence sounded totally geeky.

Anyway, the topic of discussion is the definition of “wherefore”, one of the words in one of the lines in one of the most famous Shakespearean scenes —the balcony scene of Romeo and Juliet. “Wherefore”, my friends, means “why”. Not “where”, but “why”. Okay? “WHY“.

Moving on.

That lead me to check what Shakespeare used for “where”. The search at one point took me to the most exciting post ever —which, if I may say so, is also one of the funniest I read in a while, especially if you read the conversation that followed in the comments— and then to the Shakespearean dictionary, where I got where I needed. “Where” in Shakesperean is…”where”. Surprise, surprise.

And then this little text link catches my attention, and brings me to the site that will most likely be one of my favorites from now on.

The Shakesperean Insult Generator

Okay, okay, so I don’t really like insulting people (it just ruins my day), but the generated insults are just so hilarious! Add the Shakespeare graphic… Bwahahaha! Cheers to you, Master Shakespeare!