{"id":330,"date":"2013-04-23T14:28:14","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T14:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/?p=330"},"modified":"2013-04-23T14:28:14","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T14:28:14","slug":"happy-birthday-william-shakespeare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/?p=330","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday William Shakespeare!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that Shakespeare invented over 1500 English words? \u00a0Some of these words include: eyeball, alligator, generous, frugal, hurry, and lonely.<\/p>\n<p>He also coined some popular phrases such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Fair play&#8221; (The Tempest) &#8211; Follow the rules, especially in competitions or sports.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;All that glitters isn\u2019t gold&#8221; (Merchant of Venice) &#8211; We usually use this phrase after we discover the fact that something that looks good turns out not to be that great.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Wear one\u2019s heart on one\u2019s sleeve&#8221; (Othello) &#8211; To be a hopeless romantic (or be open and honest about how you feel) is to wear one&#8217;s heart on one&#8217;s sleeve.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Break the ice&#8221; (The Taming of the Shrew) &#8211; Often when you meet someone for the first time, you &#8220;break the ice&#8221; by asking them questions about themselves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;A laughing stock&#8221; (The Merry Wives of Windsor) &#8211; To be a laughing stock is to be considered a joke by many people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Too much of a good thing&#8221; (As You Like It) &#8211; It is said that &#8220;too much of a good thing&#8221; (i.e. money, love, food) is not necessarily good for you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;In a pickle&#8221; (The Tempest) &#8211; To be &#8220;in a pickle&#8221; is to be in trouble or a situation that you cannot easily get out of.<br \/>\n(http:\/\/grammar.yourdictionary.com\/word-lists\/list-of-words-and-phrases-shakespeare-invented.html)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Are you in amazement? \u00a0The word &#8220;amazement&#8221; was also first introduced by Shakespeare!<\/p>\n<p>For a list of some more words introduced into the English language by Shakespeare, visit:\u00a0http:\/\/www.nosweatshakespeare.com\/resources\/shakespeare-words\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that Shakespeare invented over 1500 English words? \u00a0Some of these words include: eyeball, alligator, generous, frugal, hurry, and lonely. He also coined some popular phrases such as: &#8220;Fair play&#8221; (The Tempest) &#8211; Follow the rules, especially in &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/?p=330\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions\/331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}