[tptacek]

McWhorter's argument, distilled, is that we should not teach Shakespeare. :)

[pvg]

Is it? I've read some of the articles he's written about this and it seems to be mostly 'watching performances of Shakespeare's plays does not magically make you understand Early Modern English'.

[tptacek]

I'm probably blurring stuff he's said on Lexicon Valley with stuff he's written.

[pvg]

I guess I'll have to listen to those now to hunt down your weaselry!