Pronunciation/Names
How do you pronounce Shakespeare?
SHAKE-speer/ˈʃeɪkspɪər/
Commonly said as: "shake-spee-air"
shake speer
Shakespeare
What it is
Shakespeare is the English playwright and poet.
Why it gets said wrong
Two syllables, the second being speer rather than spee-are, with the stress up front.
Hear it in a sentence
The line is Shakespeare.
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