Shakespeare used the word "punk" in 1623
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Shakespeare used the word "punk" in 1623
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Re: Shakespeare used the word "punk" in 1623
#2Shakespeare died in 1616.
He did use it in 1604 in Measure for Measure, according to http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/punk. In the same link, it was Samuel Butler who used the term in 1623.
Re: Shakespeare used the word "punk" in 1623
#3Shakespeare died in 1616. He did use it in 1604 in Measure for Measure , according to http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/punk . In the same link, it was Samuel Butler who used the term in 1623.
true, but Measure for Measure was first printed in 1623...
Re: Shakespeare used the word "punk" in 1623
#4Shakespeare died in 1616. He did use it in 1604 in Measure for Measure , according to http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/punk . In the same link, it was Samuel Butler who used the term in 1623.
true, but Measure for Measure was first printed in 1623...
But it was acted out long before then. :)
Many of Shakespeare's works only entered written form after he died.