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Burns is no Shakespeare

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The English national poet, Shakespeare, is well better than the Scottish national poet, Burns.
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    Welsh-ladWelsh-lad Posts: 51,934
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    Yes.

    And both are better than the Welsh so-called 'national poet' Dylan Thomas.
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    alan29alan29 Posts: 34,645
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    But he's a Scot, and thats all that matters.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 8,916
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    Crop rotation in the 14th century was considerably more widespread after John.
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    vosnevosne Posts: 14,131
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    I liked him on Big Brother.
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    swingalegswingaleg Posts: 103,202
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    Welsh-lad wrote: »
    Yes.

    And both are better than the Welsh so-called 'national' poet Dylan Thomas.

    To be fair though, he's not had a few hundred years to cement his reputation........
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    Welsh-ladWelsh-lad Posts: 51,934
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    swingaleg wrote: »
    To be fair though, he's not had a few hundred years to cement his reputation........

    Goodness, I hope his legacy/renown won't last anywhere near that long.
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    StigglesStiggles Posts: 9,618
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    alan29 wrote: »
    But he's a Scot, and thats all that matters.

    Is it?
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    TrollHunterTrollHunter Posts: 12,496
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    Vernon Bennett wrote: »
    Crop rotation in the 14th century was considerably more widespread after John.

    Much more.....you said "much".
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    benjaminibenjamini Posts: 32,066
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    I bet far more people can quote Burns than can quote Shakespere. One is a playwright the other is a poet .
    Many people who proclaim Shakespere as the greatest bard ever have never seen his plays and many that have think he is dated and boring . I personally don't .
    I admire both of them for many and diverse reasons.
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    ChristaChrista Posts: 17,560
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    Welsh-lad wrote: »
    Yes.

    And both are better than the Welsh so-called 'national poet' Dylan Thomas.

    Oi I like Dylan Thomas.

    I shall not blaspheme down stations of the breath...
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    OvalteenieOvalteenie Posts: 24,169
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    They lived in different centuries and spoke different languages. It's an unfair comparison.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 12,830
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    Shakespeare was the Bard. So says the Tard.
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    tiacattiacat Posts: 22,521
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    Is Robbie Burns the one in the string vest?
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    Michael_EveMichael_Eve Posts: 14,465
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    Shakespeare is a bit rubbish, but people pretend otherwise to make themselves look clever. Burns was a hack. Don't even get me started on blinking Joyce. Meaningless rubbish. Thomas was of course, like a lot of us Welsh, a lyrical genius capable of endless invention and beauty.

    Fair do's though, take them all over that Frenchie git Satre. Makes me nauseous, the miserable so and so.

    Edit: Dislike the onion selling fraud so much, can't even be arsed to spell his name right.
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    Tim_WilkesTim_Wilkes Posts: 435
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    vosne wrote: »
    I liked him on Big Brother.

    Who, Shakespeare?
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    FrankieFixerFrankieFixer Posts: 11,530
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    Shakespeare had that one good song and you never heard from them again.
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    Tim_WilkesTim_Wilkes Posts: 435
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    FrankieFixer wrote: »
    Shakespeare had that one good song and you never heard from them again.

    I blame his sister.
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    RebelScumRebelScum Posts: 16,008
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    I prefer Cervantes.
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    VulpesVulpes Posts: 1,504
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    I mean, if we have to take sides, I'm on the side of Burns. Burns' work never infiltrated my English & drama lessons at school, nearly boring me to death, unlike Shakespeare's work.
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    CravenHavenCravenHaven Posts: 13,953
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    Michael_Eve wrote: »
    Fair do's though, take them all over that Frenchie git Satre. Makes me nauseous, the miserable so and so.

    Edit: Dislike the onion selling fraud so much, can't even be arsed to spell his name right.
    zat iz a shame, 'ee speaks so 'ighly of you
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 8,510
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    They are two totally different genres.... both totally different geniuses also
    No need for the comparison
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    D_Mcd4D_Mcd4 Posts: 10,438
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    alan29 wrote: »
    But he's a Scot, and thats all that matters.

    I think you will find whether or not he smoked is more important to the OP.
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    Michael_EveMichael_Eve Posts: 14,465
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    CravenHaven wrote: »
    zat iz a shame, 'ee speaks so 'ighly of you

    Good moaning.

    Well I don't care.When the chips are down, you've gotta call it like it is. This is the age of reason. Do one, Sarte. >:(
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    jenziejenzie Posts: 20,821
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    and not ironically the OP is our biggest piss artist :D
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    coughthecatcoughthecat Posts: 6,876
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    jenzie wrote: »
    and not ironically the OP is our biggest piss artist :D

    The biggest or the well biggest? ;-)
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