“The English language was spoken and written – but at the time of Shakespeare it was not defined, not fixed. It was like the air – it was taken for granted, the medium that enveloped and defined all Britons. But as to exactly what it was, what its components were – who knew?”

“The English language was spoken and written – but at the time of Shakespeare it was not defined, not fixed. It was like the air – it was taken for granted, the medium that enveloped and defined all Britons. But as to exactly what it was, what its components were – who knew?”

— Simon Winchester