"He created these words by, "changing nouns into verbs, changing verbs into adjectives, connecting words never before used together, adding prefixes and suffixes, and devising words wholly original." (from above wiki) There is no evidence there was in Shakespeare�s lifetime any concept of author�s rights�. (85, emphasis added) (re. author's rights) 1908, Matus (not a lawyer) rejects the idea that the common law would not have allowed the publication of a manuscript without the consent of its author, declaring with self-imposed authority http://shakespeare-oxford.com/wp-content/oxfordian/to-01-detobel-author_rights.pdf

<<Some estimates at the number of words coined by Shakespeare number in the several thousands.>>

A complete set of Shakespeare translations in Esperanto � 26 volumes in all. The earliest, The Tempest, dated from 1905 and the latest, the ninth edition of Hamlet, from 2006. http://blog.shakespearegeek.com/2007/11/shakespeare-in-esperanto.html

re/presentation :P

Greek and Romance languages add 30,000 words and he only uses 17,000 to 1,700 of those.. Is that even mathematically possible?

"honorificabilitudinitatibus" I think he was just being obtuse that day....

Yes, but only if you have new words to fill the gaps. The purpose is to introduce the words. At the time, it was sold as "Olde English", but the GOAL was to make it seem like use of these words made you appear "smart".

Scott Duncan Why did custom prevent noblemen from publishing their own works while still alive (or at least, publishing them under their own names)?

Plausible deniability, mostly.

"but the GOAL was to make it seem like use of these words made you appear "smart". A clever ploy to get everyone aboard.

He even invented the word "Moli�re" I heard....

Looking more closely, the same was been done by the Spanish nobility by introducing Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. Some refer to Spanish as "la lengua de Cervantes" ("the language of Cervantes"). He wrote Don Quixote de la Mancha. If he really existed.

https://www.facebook.com/grammarly/photos/a.158139670871698.33824.139729956046003/897606563591668/?type=1

And so, the "legend" continues...

I can't stop doing this face :O since I started reading TTFL!