You think it’s hard talking like Shakespeare? Try giving the traffic in iambic pentameter!

You think it’s hard talking like Shakespeare? Try giving the traffic in iambic pentameter!

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In public radio we love a good “Talk Like a…” holiday. Just take a gander at all the stories on NPR.org about Talk Like a Pirate Day. Today Chicago is holding it’s first Talk Like Shakespeare Day and we are all over it. Eight Forty-Eight had the Improvised Shakespeare Company on to do a little Bard-ish babbling. On our Twitter feed, we’re re-tweeting good Shakespearian comments all day. But the most difficult and impressive feat was done by our traffic maven Sarah Jindra. You have to hear it to believe it: audio