> > > > Edward de Vere was a Duke who a lot of people think wrote Shakespeare... and after doing a
> > > > history paper on the subject, i agree wtih them... i'm not going to put all the reasons here,
> > > > though...
> > > >
> > > > uni"unless someone actually CARES..."peg
> > >
> > > Go on then...
> >
> > pardon me while i pull up my history paper and summarize all the points...
> > okay, just to provide some background info for those who don't know... the man everyone hears about when they're taught about Shakespeare (born in Stratford-on-Avon, actor in London, all that) was actually named William Shaksper... if I need to refer to that man, I'll say Shaksper...
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> Hey. There are, what, 6 signatures of Shakespeare remaining that are thought to be authentic, no? And several of them have variant spelling on the last name; it isn't consistent. All the works date from a time when orthography really was not standardized.

hm, forgot to reply to this part.... actually, there are records of the man who was born in Statford-on-Avon, a part of the London acting group, all that stuff.... and in every single one, his name is spelled Shaksper.

uni"but what about Shaxpeere?"peg