Quote by Kurt Vonnegut

During my most recently controlled near-death experience, I got to interview William Shakespeare. We did not hit it off. He said the dialect I spoke was the ugliest English he had ever heard, fit to split the ears of groundlings. He asked if it had a name, and I said Indianapolis.


During my most recently controlled near-death experience, I

Summary

In this quote, the speaker describes an encounter with William Shakespeare during a near-death experience. Upon meeting the renowned playwright, he engages in conversation with him. However, Shakespeare criticizes the speaker's dialect, finding it unappealing and compares it to something harsh and unpleasant. When asked about the name of the dialect, the speaker humorously replies with "Indianapolis," suggesting an amusing twist on the peculiar characteristics of the language.

By Kurt Vonnegut
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