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How to pronounce Shakspeare?

Pronunciation of Shakspeare

Shakspeare is primarily classified as a surname (last name) and is pronounced as

sh AI k s p EE r
  • sh sounds like the 'sh' in ship
  • ai sounds like the 'ai' in pain
  • k sounds like the 'k' in key
  • s sounds like the 's' in so
  • p sounds like the 'p' in pet
  • ee sounds like the 'ee' in see
  • r sounds like the 'r' in rat

"William Shakespeare's family name was variously spelled, he himself spelled the name in different ways most of the time. While in the baptismal record the name is spelled "Shakspeare," in several authentic autographs of the dramatist it reads "Shakspere," and in the first edition of his works it is printed "Shakespeare." According to Halliwell there are not less than thirty-four ways in which the various members of the Shakespeare family wrote the name, and in the council-book of the corporation of Stratford, where it is introduced one hundred and sixty-six times during the period that the dramatist's father was a member of the municipal body, there are fourteen different spellings. The modern "Shakespeare" is not among them."

Type of Name: Last Name
Other spelling(s): Shakespeare, Shakspere


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