February 6th, 2016 → 5:54 am @ Lea // No Comments
“Turk Gregory never did such deeds in arms as I have done this day.” – Henry IV, Part I
What’s interesting about this quote is that “Turk” is being used as an abusive term, signifying a tyrant. I hadn’t realized that “Turk” had that connotation in Shakespeare’s day. Today I think of Amazon’s Mechanical Turk, or perhaps, a brave Turk. Perceptions of peoples and words as they change over time is very, very interesting.