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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Oxfordian #119002 01/07/2004 3:15 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 http://www.shakespeare-oxford.com/may.htm A very long, but apparently even handed discussion. First it becomes clear he was despicable though brilliant. It does seem quite significant that he was never chosen for any important military or ambassadorial assignments. The scholarship of the Oxfordians is severely criticized. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Oxfordian #119003 01/07/2004 3:27 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Meanwhile, a person associated with Oxford University is called an Oxonian. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Oxfordian #119004 01/07/2004 5:07 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California I thought JFK's ghost writer wrote most of Shagsberd's plays. There's a good book covering most of the "controversy" and rebutting the Oxfordians. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Oxfordian #119005 01/07/2004 11:59 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 There's also an excellent close linguistic study of (very local) dialectal words that corroborates the extreme implausibility of any candidate other than Bilbo having encountered the required vocabulary. Even if the con-theorists even read this stuff, they'd just move onto some other freaky madness... let 'em be, I guess! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Oxfordian #119006 01/08/2004 4:41 PM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK After all, a rose by any other name or names...does it really matter? To some, I guess. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Oxfordian #119007 01/08/2004 8:10 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York [applause] Good one, dixbie. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Oxfordian #119008 01/08/2004 9:02 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear dxb: Are you saying robbing Shakespeare doesn't matter? He apparently got only peanuts for almost unparalleled artistic creation, and it took a couple hundred years before he was properly appreciated. To attempt rob him of his fame seems monstrous to me. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,285 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 6 JerryC 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,140 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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