Interesting Name Facts with Julie Hackett — history
Names Coined by Shakespeare
Did you know that William Shakespeare is credited with adding literally hundreds of new words to the English language? In many cases, he turned nouns into verbs (like gossip, elbow and friend) he added the "un-" prefix (unaware, undress, unreal), he put words together (bedroom, lackluster) or created funny descriptors "green-eyed" (jealousy) and "wild-goose chase" (a hopeless quest).
On March 17, every American is Irish for a day.
Celebrating the remarkable man known as Patrick, patron saint of Ireland.