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David Crystal
English
Educator
About the author
As I get older and I get a few more years experience I become more like Dad, you know, King Lear.
David Crystal,
English
Educator
#Years
#Experience
#Dad
At the same time we overlap, because, I do linguistics, and Ben did a first degree in Linguistics at Lancaster University, so he knows some of my subject.
David Crystal,
English
Educator
#Time
#First
#University
It took three years to put Shakespeare's words together, there were a lot of words to be studied and a lot of words to be sorted out, and it proved to be a major project.
David Crystal,
English
Educator
#Words
#Years
#Shakespeare
#Project
It hasn't been a problem with Ben, I think we worked together very well, we don't have rows.
David Crystal,
English
Educator