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Word: gahd (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1982-1982
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Hamlet's frequent "O God" comes out "O Gahd," and the dramatist's "O Wonderful" has been turned into a Wittenbergian "Wunderbar," and "inexplicable" is mispronounced. On holding Yorick's skull, Hamlet comments, "I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest. "But Walken says, "I knew him, [Long pause] Horatio a fellow of infinite jest." When we reach the Prince's dying words, Walken is so heedless of meter that the beautiful line. "Absent thee from felicity awhile" emerges with an accent on the first syllable...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: A 'Hamlet' Without the Prince | 8/10/1982 | See Source »

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